High Wind, Southwest Carbon
- When
- February 6, 3:30 AM MST to 11:00 PM MST
- Where
- Southwest Carbon forecast zone
- Measured
- 67 kt (77 mph)
High Wind in Wyoming, February 6, 1996
Winds were sustained between 40 and 50 MPH from Jeffrey City and Casper to just east of the Laramie Range. Wind gusts were generally between 55 and 65 MPH.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $2,000
- 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 between 40 and 50 MPH from Jeffrey City and Casper to just east of the Laramie Range. Wind gusts were generally between 55 and 65 MPH. The highest gust was 77 MPH, ten miles south of Wheatland at Noon. At 1025 AM, a semi tractor-trailer was blown over near Wheatland.
Event by event
8 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, North Carbon
- When
- February 6, 3:30 AM MST to 11:00 PM MST
- Where
- North Carbon forecast zone
- Measured
- 67 kt (77 mph)
High Wind, Snowy Range
- When
- February 6, 3:30 AM MST to 11:00 PM MST
- Where
- Snowy Range forecast zone
- Measured
- 67 kt (77 mph)
High Wind, North Laramie Range
- When
- February 6, 3:30 AM MST to 11:00 PM MST
- Where
- North Laramie Range forecast zone
- Measured
- 67 kt (77 mph)
High Wind, Laramie Valley
- When
- February 6, 3:30 AM MST to 11:00 PM MST
- Where
- Laramie Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 67 kt (77 mph)
High Wind, Laramie Range
- When
- February 6, 3:30 AM MST to 11:00 PM MST
- Where
- Laramie Range forecast zone
- Measured
- 67 kt (77 mph)
High Wind, Platte
- When
- February 6, 3:30 AM MST to 11:00 PM MST
- Where
- Platte forecast zone
- Measured
- 67 kt (77 mph)
- Property damage
- $2,000
High Wind, Cheyenne Foothills
- When
- February 6, 3:30 AM MST to 11:00 PM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne Foothills forecast zone
- Measured
- 67 kt (77 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
More
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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: 5537288, 5537289, 5537290, 5537291, 5537292, 5537293, 5537294, 5537295.