High Wind, Platte
- When
- December 14, 12:00 AM MST to 5:00 AM MST
- Where
- Platte forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
High Wind in Wyoming, December 14, 1996
Strong winds occurred east of the Laramie Range. Sustained winds were 40 to 50 MPH with a gust to 67 MPH ten miles south of Wheatland at 108 AM.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
Strong winds occurred east of the Laramie Range. Sustained winds were 40 to 50 MPH with a gust to 67 MPH ten miles south of Wheatland at 108 AM.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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 California, December 14 to 16, 1996
- High Wind in California, December 14 to 16, 1996
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, December 14 to 15, 1996
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, December 14, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, December 14 to 15, 1996
- Blizzard in South Dakota, December 14, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, December 14 to 15, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, December 14 to 15, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, December 14 to 15, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, December 14 to 15, 1996
- Flooding in Pennsylvania, December 14, 1996
- Blizzard in Wyoming, December 14, 1996
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, December 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5581600.