High Wind, North Carbon
- When
- January 11, 6:00 AM MST to 11:00 AM MST
- Where
- North Carbon forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
High Wind in Wyoming, January 11, 1996
Over parts of south central and southeast Wyoming, winds were sustained between 40 and 45 MPH. Some wind gusts were between 55 and 65 MPH, with the highest gust being 63 MPH, ten miles south of Wheatland at 809 AM.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
Over parts of south central and southeast Wyoming, winds were sustained between 40 and 45 MPH. Some wind gusts were between 55 and 65 MPH, with the highest gust being 63 MPH, ten miles south of Wheatland at 809 AM.
Event by event
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, North Laramie Range
- When
- January 11, 6:00 AM MST to 11:00 AM MST
- Where
- North Laramie Range forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
High Wind, Laramie Range
- When
- January 11, 6:00 AM MST to 11:00 AM MST
- Where
- Laramie Range forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
High Wind, Platte
- When
- January 11, 6:00 AM MST to 11:00 AM MST
- Where
- Platte forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 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 Alabama, January 11, 1996
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 11 to 12, 1996
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, January 11 to 12, 1996
- Dense Fog in California, January 11, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, January 11 to 12, 1996
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, January 11 to 12, 1996
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, January 11 to 12, 1996
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, January 11 to 12, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, January 11 to 12, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Virginia, January 11 to 12, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Georgia, January 11 to 12, 1996
- Winter Storm in South Carolina, January 11, 1996
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, January 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: 5536496, 5536497, 5536498, 5536499.