High Wind, North Carbon
- When
- January 7, 8:00 AM MST to 1:00 PM MST
- Where
- North Carbon forecast zone
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 mph)
High Wind in Wyoming, January 7, 1996
Winds were sustained at 40 to 45 MPH over parts of the south central and southeast.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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 at 40 to 45 MPH over parts of the south central and southeast.
Event by event
5 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Snowy Range
- When
- January 7, 8:00 AM MST to 1:00 PM MST
- Where
- Snowy Range forecast zone
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 mph)
High Wind, North Laramie Range
- When
- January 7, 8:00 AM MST to 1:00 PM MST
- Where
- North Laramie Range forecast zone
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 mph)
High Wind, Laramie Range
- When
- January 7, 8:00 AM MST to 1:00 PM MST
- Where
- Laramie Range forecast zone
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 mph)
High Wind, Platte
- When
- January 7, 8:00 AM MST to 1:00 PM MST
- Where
- Platte forecast zone
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 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
- Blizzard in Maryland, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Blizzard in Pennsylvania, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Blizzard in New Jersey, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Winter Storm in New Jersey, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Cold in Georgia, January 7, 1996
- Coastal Flood in New Jersey, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, January 7, 1996
- Coastal Flood in Delaware, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Blizzard in Delaware, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 7 to 8, 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: 5536279, 5536280, 5536281, 5536282, 5536283.