High Wind, North Carbon
- When
- December 7, 7:00 PM MST to 10:00 PM MST
- Where
- North Carbon forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind in Wyoming, December 7, 1998
Strong west winds of 30 to 40 mph occurred across Platte and northern Carbon counties, with gusts to over 60 mph.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Strong west winds of 30 to 40 mph occurred across Platte and northern Carbon counties, with gusts to over 60 mph.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Platte
- When
- December 7, 7:00 PM MST to 10:00 PM MST
- Where
- Platte forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
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
- Lightning Strike and Dense Fog in Arizona, December 7 to 15, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, December 7, 1998
- Heat in Maine, December 7, 1998
- Heat in New Hampshire, December 7, 1998
- Heat in Massachusetts, December 7, 1998
- Flooding in Kansas, December 7 to 9, 1998
- Blizzard in Montana, December 7 to 8, 1998
- Heat in Vermont, December 7, 1998
- Heat in Vermont, December 7, 1998
- Heat in Vermont, December 7, 1998
- Heat in New York, December 7, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, December 7, 1998
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, December 1998
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: 5677267, 5677268.