Thunderstorm Wind, Big Horn
- When
- August 15, 4:12 PM MST
- Where
- Big Horn County, Greybull
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.500, -108.050
Damaging Wind in Wyoming, August 15, 1998
Mail boxes blown over in Greybull. Gusts to 55 mph at Greybull airport.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 1
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.
Mail boxes blown over in Greybull. Gusts to 55 mph at Greybull airport. In Basin, 3/4 inch diameter tree limbs down and winds estimated 50 to 60 mph.
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 157 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:14 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in South Carolina, August 15 to 16, 1998
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, August 15 to 16, 1998
- Hail in South Dakota, August 15, 1998
- Wildfire in Oregon, August 15 to 16, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Nevada, August 15, 1998
- Hail in Montana, August 15, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 15, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Montana, August 15, 1998
- Waterspout in U.S. Virgin Islands, August 15, 1998
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, August 15, 1998
- Flash Flood in Arizona, August 15, 1998
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: 5665721.