High Wind, Southwest Carbon
- When
- January 2, 2:00 PM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Southwest Carbon forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
High Wind in Wyoming, January 2, 1996
Winds were sustained between 40 and 45 MPH at Arlington. The highest wind gust recorded was 54 MPH at 430 PM at Arlington.
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 45 MPH at Arlington. The highest wind gust recorded was 54 MPH at 430 PM at Arlington.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, North Carbon
- When
- January 2, 2:00 PM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- North Carbon forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 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
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 2 to 3, 1996
- Winter Storm in Kansas, January 2, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, January 2 to 3, 1996
- Winter Storm in Ohio, January 2 to 3, 1996
- Winter Storm in Indiana, January 2 to 3, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 2 to 3, 1996
- Winter Storm in Illinois, January 2 to 3, 1996
- Winter Storm in Indiana, January 2 to 3, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, January 2, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Florida, January 2, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 2 to 3, 1996
- Tornado in South Carolina, January 2, 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: 5536260, 5536261.