High Wind, Northern Campbell
- When
- April 24, 5:00 PM MST to April 25, 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Northern Campbell forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 44.248, -105.548 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Wyoming, April 24 to 25, 1996
High winds whipped through Northeast Wyoming. Roofs were blown off two mobile homes--one in Gillette and the other in Upton, causing over $11,000 in damage.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS UNR wrote it up.
High winds whipped through Northeast Wyoming. Roofs were blown off two mobile homes--one in Gillette and the other in Upton, causing over $11,000 in damage. The Day's Inn in Gillette also lost part of its roof and had to evacuate some people.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, South Campbell
- When
- April 24, 5:00 PM MST to April 25, 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- South Campbell forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.248, -105.548 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Western Crook
- When
- April 24, 5:00 PM MST to April 25, 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Western Crook forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.589, -104.570 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Wyoming Black Hills
- When
- April 24, 5:00 PM MST to April 25, 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Wyoming Black Hills forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.215, -104.569 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Weston
- When
- April 24, 5:00 PM MST to April 25, 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Weston forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 43.841, -104.568 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in South Dakota, April 24 to 25, 1996
- High Wind in Idaho, April 24, 1996
- Flood in Idaho, April 24 to 26, 1996
- High Wind in Utah, April 24, 1996
- High Wind in Wyoming, April 24, 1996
- High Wind in South Dakota, April 24, 1996
- High Wind in Colorado, April 24 to 25, 1996
- High Wind in Nebraska, April 24, 1996
- High Wind in Colorado, April 24 to 25, 1996
- High Wind in Montana, April 24, 1996
- Debris Flow in Oregon, April 24 to 26, 1996
- Flood in Vermont, April 24, 1996
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, April 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5543389, 5543390, 5543391, 5543538, 5543539.