High Wind, Southwest Carbon
- When
- April 26, 12:00 PM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Southwest Carbon forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
High Wind in Wyoming, April 26, 1996
Winds were sustained at between 40 and 45 MPH with some gusts around 60 MPH.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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 CYS wrote it up.
Winds were sustained at between 40 and 45 MPH with some gusts around 60 MPH.
Event by event
8 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, North Carbon
- When
- April 26, 12:00 PM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- North Carbon forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
High Wind, Snowy Range
- When
- April 26, 12:00 PM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Snowy Range forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
High Wind, North Laramie Range
- When
- April 26, 12:00 PM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- North Laramie Range forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
High Wind, Laramie Valley
- When
- April 26, 12:00 PM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Laramie Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
High Wind, Laramie Range
- When
- April 26, 12:00 PM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Laramie Range forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
High Wind, Platte
- When
- April 26, 12:00 PM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Platte forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
High Wind, Cheyenne Foothills
- When
- April 26, 12:00 PM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne Foothills forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
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
- Tornado in South Carolina, April 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 26, 1996
- Flooding in Illinois, April 26 to 30, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, April 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, April 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, April 26, 1996
- Flood in Illinois, April 26 to 30, 1996
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, April 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, April 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, April 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, April 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, April 26, 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: 5549370, 5549371, 5549372, 5549373, 5549374, 5549375, 5549376, 5549377.