High Wind Watches in Wyoming
1,207 high wind watches since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of high wind watches reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 1,207
- Busiest year
- 202186 high wind watches
- Average year
- 55over 22 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Albany County623
- Laramie County593
- Carbon County524
- Platte County522
- Fremont County264
- Sweetwater County201
- Park County200
- Natrona County196
- Converse County140
- Hot Springs County110
- Goshen County86
- Johnson County60
- Niobrara County58
- Sublette County55
- Weston County54
- Crook County49
- Campbell County35
- Lincoln County27
- Big Horn County16
- Sheridan County16
- Washakie County12
- Uinta County10
- Teton County1
The latest high wind watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 12:54 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | CYS | Albany, Carbon, Laramie, Platte | 29 hr |
| Jun 28, 1:23 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | CYS | Albany, Carbon, Laramie, Platte | 29 hr |
| Jun 15, 12:40 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | CYS | Albany, Carbon, Laramie, Platte | 24 hr |
| Jun 9, 11:16 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | CYS | Albany, Carbon, Laramie, Platte | 31 hr |
| May 30, 1:22 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | CYS | Albany, Carbon, Laramie, Platte | 32 hr |
| May 13, 12:58 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | CYS | Albany, Carbon, Laramie, Platte | 10 hr |
| Apr 21, 12:20 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | CYS | Albany, Carbon, Converse, Goshen, Laramie, Platte | 50 hr |
| Apr 15, 12:34 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | CYS | Albany, Carbon | 17 hr |
| Apr 14, 11:46 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | CYS | Albany, Carbon, Laramie, Platte | 27 hr |
| Apr 12, 11:28 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | CYS | Albany, Carbon, Laramie | 28 hr |
| Apr 7, 2:52 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | CYS | Albany, Carbon | 15 hr |
| Apr 1, 1:54 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | CYS | Albany, Carbon, Laramie, Platte | 40 hr |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.