High Wind, Laramie Range / Se Albany / W Laramie
- When
- February 6, 12:23 PM MST to February 7, 7:07 PM MST
- Where
- Laramie Range / Se Albany / W Laramie forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind in Wyoming, February 6 to 7, 1999
Strong west to southwest winds of 35 to 45 mph, with gusts up to 70 mph occurred in the southeast mountains and adjacent plains.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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 to southwest winds of 35 to 45 mph, with gusts up to 70 mph occurred in the southeast mountains and adjacent plains.
Event by event
5 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, North Laramie Range / X S Converse / N Albany / X Se Natrona
- When
- February 6, 12:23 PM MST to February 7, 7:07 PM MST
- Where
- North Laramie Range / X S Converse / N Albany / X Se Natrona forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind, Platte
- When
- February 6, 12:23 PM MST to February 7, 7:07 PM MST
- Where
- Platte forecast zone
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind, Snowy Range / Se Carbon / X Sw Albany
- When
- February 6, 12:23 PM MST to February 7, 7:07 PM MST
- Where
- Snowy Range / Se Carbon / X Sw Albany forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind, Cheyenne Foothills / C Laramie
- When
- February 6, 12:23 PM MST to February 7, 7:07 PM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne Foothills / C Laramie forecast zone
- Measured
- 44 kt (51 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
- Avalanche in Colorado, February 6, 1999
- Avalanche in California, February 6, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, February 6, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, February 6, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, February 6 to 7, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, February 6, 1999
- High Wind in Nevada, February 6, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, February 6 to 11, 1999
- High Wind in California, February 6 to 7, 1999
- Winter Storm in Idaho, February 6 to 7, 1999
- High Wind in Nevada, February 6, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, February 6, 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: 5681877, 5681878, 5681879, 5681880, 5681881.