High Wind, Southwest Carbon
- When
- February 7, 8:00 AM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Southwest Carbon forecast zone
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
High Wind in Wyoming, February 7, 1996
Winds gusted between 60 and 75 MPH in parts of the south central and southeast. The strongest gust of 75 MPH was recorded at 900 AM, 35 miles west of Cheyenne, ten miles south of Wheatland and at Arlington.
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 gusted between 60 and 75 MPH in parts of the south central and southeast. The strongest gust of 75 MPH was recorded at 900 AM, 35 miles west of Cheyenne, ten miles south of Wheatland and at Arlington.
Event by event
8 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, North Carbon
- When
- February 7, 8:00 AM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- North Carbon forecast zone
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
High Wind, Snowy Range
- When
- February 7, 8:00 AM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Snowy Range forecast zone
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
High Wind, North Laramie Range
- When
- February 7, 8:00 AM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- North Laramie Range forecast zone
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
High Wind, Laramie Valley
- When
- February 7, 8:00 AM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Laramie Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
High Wind, Laramie Range
- When
- February 7, 8:00 AM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Laramie Range forecast zone
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
High Wind, Platte
- When
- February 7, 8:00 AM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Platte forecast zone
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
High Wind, Cheyenne Foothills
- When
- February 7, 8:00 AM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne Foothills forecast zone
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 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
- Flooding in Montana, February 7 to 11, 1996
- Flood in Wyoming, February 7, 1996
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, February 7, 1996
- Winter Weather in Wisconsin, February 7 to 8, 1996
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 7, 1996
- High Wind in Oregon, February 7 to 8, 1996
- Flooding in Montana, February 7 to 15, 1996
- High Wind in Wyoming, February 7, 1996
- Flood in Montana, February 7 to 8, 1996
- Flood in Washington, February 7, 1996
- Cold in Montana, February 7, 1996
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, February 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: 5537296, 5537297, 5537298, 5537299, 5537300, 5537301, 5537302, 5537303.