High Wind, Platte
- When
- January 15, 11:00 PM MST to January 16, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- Platte forecast zone
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 mph)
High Wind in Wyoming, January 15 to 16, 1996
Winds were sustained between 40 and 50 MPH with most gusts between 55 and 65 MPH. The strongest gust was 72 MPH, ten miles south of Wheatland at 1108 PM on the 15th.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 with most gusts between 55 and 65 MPH. The strongest gust was 72 MPH, ten miles south of Wheatland at 1108 PM on the 15th.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Cheyenne Foothills
- When
- January 15, 11:00 PM MST to January 16, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne Foothills forecast zone
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 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
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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: 5536507, 5536508.