High Wind, Cheyenne Foothills / C Laramie
- When
- February 22, 4:35 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne Foothills / C Laramie forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind in Wyoming, February 22, 1999
Strong northwest to west winds of 30 to 45 mph, with gusts up to 60 mph occurred across the plains east of the Laramie Range.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 northwest to west winds of 30 to 45 mph, with gusts up to 60 mph occurred across the plains east of the Laramie Range.
Event by event
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Goshen
- When
- February 22, 4:35 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Goshen forecast zone
- Measured
- 41 kt (47 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind, Pine Bluffs / E Laramie
- When
- February 22, 4:35 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Pine Bluffs / E Laramie forecast zone
- Measured
- 49 kt (56 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind, Platte
- When
- February 22, 4:35 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Platte forecast zone
- Measured
- 36 kt (41 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
- Winter Storm in Iowa, February 22, 1999
- Heavy Rain in Washington, February 22, 1999
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 22, 1999
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 22, 1999
- Winter Storm in Kansas, February 22 to 23, 1999
- Cold in New Hampshire, February 22, 1999
- High Wind in Colorado, February 22, 1999
- Winter Storm in Iowa, February 22, 1999
- High Wind in Oregon, February 22, 1999
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, February 22, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, February 22, 1999
- High Wind in Colorado, February 22 to 23, 1999
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, February 1999
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: 5681886, 5681887, 5681888, 5681889.