High Wind, Jackson Valley / Sc Teton
- When
- December 27, 12:00 PM MST to 2:00 PM MST
- Where
- Jackson Valley / Sc Teton forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.241, -107.957 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Wyoming, December 27, 1997
Trees down, power outages in Wilson and Jackson Hole. Unofficial wind gust to 70 mph recorded on the Buffalo ASOS.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 RIW wrote it up.
Gust to 115 mph recorded on Rendezvous Peak in the Teton Mountains, average wind speeds of 73 mph.Trees down, power outages in Wilson and Jackson Hole. Unofficial wind gust to 70 mph recorded on the Buffalo ASOS. Unofficial gust to 61 mph at the Riverton NWS office.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Teton/Moutains / Teton Except N and Sc
- When
- December 27, 12:00 PM MST to 2:00 PM MST
- Where
- Teton/Moutains / Teton Except N and Sc forecast zone
- Measured
- 100 kt (115 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.905, -107.683 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Wind River Basin / Nc and E Fremont
- When
- December 27, 1:00 PM MST
- Where
- Wind River Basin / Nc and E Fremont forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.100, -110.623 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, East Johnson
- When
- December 27, 3:55 PM MST
- Where
- East Johnson forecast zone
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.660, -108.879 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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 Florida, December 27, 1997
- Cold in New Mexico, December 27, 1997
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Florida, December 27, 1997
- Flood in Florida, December 27 to 31, 1997
- Flood in Florida, December 27 to 30, 1997
- Flood in Florida, December 27, 1997
- Flood in Florida, December 27 to 31, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, December 27, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Texas, December 27, 1997
- Flood in Florida, December 27 to 31, 1997
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in South Dakota, December 27 to 28, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, December 27, 1997
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, December 1997
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: 5626899, 5626900, 5626901, 5626898.