High Wind, North Carbon
- When
- January 15, 8:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- North Carbon forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
High Wind in Wyoming, January 15, 1998
High winds occurred in and adjacent to the Laramie and Snowy Range. Numerous gusts of 69 MPH were reported at Arlington (38 miles NW of Laramie) and at Bordeaux (10 miles SE of Wheatland), between 0800 and 1800.
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.
High winds occurred in and adjacent to the Laramie and Snowy Range. Numerous gusts of 69 MPH were reported at Arlington (38 miles NW of Laramie) and at Bordeaux (10 miles SE of Wheatland), between 0800 and 1800.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Platte
- When
- January 15, 8:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Platte forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 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
- Heavy Snow in Utah, January 15 to 18, 1998
- Flooding in California, January 15 to 16, 1998
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, January 15 to 16, 1998
- Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, January 15 to 16, 1998
- Winter Storm in New York, January 15 to 16, 1998
- Winter Storm in New York, January 15 to 16, 1998
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 15 to 16, 1998
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 15 to 16, 1998
- Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Maryland, January 15 to 16, 1998
- Ice Storm in Pennsylvania, January 15, 1998
- Winter Storm in Oregon, January 15, 1998
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 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: 5628857, 5628858.