2 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High winds occurred in and just north of the Snowy Range. Sustained winds were around 55 MPH and Arlington reported a gust of 63 MPH at 1030.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Wyoming in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, October 1997
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: 5617214, 5617215.