Wyoming, 1998

High Wind in Wyoming, November 21 to 22, 1998

November 21 to 22, 1998 · NWS BYZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, W Sheridan

When
November 21, 12:00 AM MST to November 22, 2:00 AM MST
Where
W Sheridan forecast zone
Measured
66 kt (76 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

The combination of strong winds aloft, a low pressure area over Alberta and a high pressure area over Utah generated strong west to southwest winds across the northeast Big Horn Mountains. Burgess Junction reported gusts up to 75 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

More

Every storm in Wyoming in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, November 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: 5671019.