High Wind, Southwest Carbon
- When
- January 3, 12:30 AM MST to 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- Southwest Carbon forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
High Wind in Wyoming, January 3, 1996
Winds were sustained between 40 and 50 MPH from Jeffrey City and Casper to just east of the Laramie Range. Gusts were generally between 55 and 65 MPH.
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 were sustained between 40 and 50 MPH from Jeffrey City and Casper to just east of the Laramie Range. Gusts were generally between 55 and 65 MPH. The highest gust was 69 MPH in downtown Casper at 710 AM. The strong winds produced ground blizzard conditions in the Laramie Range, between Cheyenne and Laramie. A tractor-trailer was overturned on the south side of Casper around 700 AM and a truck was blown over on Interstate 25 at mile marker 72 due to the strong winds.
Event by event
8 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, North Carbon
- When
- January 3, 12:30 AM MST to 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- North Carbon forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
High Wind, Snowy Range
- When
- January 3, 12:30 AM MST to 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- Snowy Range forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
High Wind, North Laramie Range
- When
- January 3, 12:30 AM MST to 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- North Laramie Range forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
High Wind, Laramie Valley
- When
- January 3, 12:30 AM MST to 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- Laramie Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
High Wind, Laramie Range
- When
- January 3, 12:30 AM MST to 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- Laramie Range forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
High Wind, Platte
- When
- January 3, 12:30 AM MST to 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- Platte forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
High Wind, Cheyenne Foothills
- When
- January 3, 12:30 AM MST to 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne Foothills forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 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
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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: 5536262, 5536263, 5536264, 5536265, 5536266, 5536267, 5536268, 5536269.