High Wind in Wyoming, October 5, 1998

Name: High Wind in Wyoming, October 5, 1998
Start: 1998-10-05T10:30
End: 1998-10-05T14:50
Location: Wyoming

October 5, 1998 · NWS CYS · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

High winds occurred across the southeast plains of Wyoming. A window was blown out in a business in downtown Cheyenne.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $500
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 across the southeast plains of Wyoming. A window was blown out in a business in downtown Cheyenne.

Event by event

2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Goshen

When: October 5, 10:30 AM MST to 2:50 PM MST
Where: Goshen forecast zone
Measured: 58 kt (67 mph)
Reported by: OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY

High Wind, Pine Bluffs / E Laramie

When: October 5, 11:06 AM MST to 2:50 PM MST
Where: Pine Bluffs / E Laramie forecast zone
Measured: 57 kt (66 mph)
Property damage: $500
Reported by: OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY

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

Every storm in Wyoming in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history Warnings in Wyoming, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5672868, 5672869.