High Wind, Cheyenne Foothills / C Laramie
- When
- January 14, 9:30 AM MST to 5:55 PM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne Foothills / C Laramie forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind in Wyoming, January 14, 1999
Strong west to southwest winds were sustained at 30 to 40 mph, with gusts up to 60 mph at the lower elevations of southeast Wyoming. In the southeast mountains, west to southwest winds of 40 to 50 mph, with gusts over 70 mph occurred.
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 were sustained at 30 to 40 mph, with gusts up to 60 mph at the lower elevations of southeast Wyoming. In the southeast mountains, west to southwest winds of 40 to 50 mph, with gusts over 70 mph occurred.
Event by event
5 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Laramie Range / Se Albany / W Laramie
- When
- January 14, 9:30 AM MST to 5:55 PM MST
- Where
- Laramie Range / Se Albany / W Laramie forecast zone
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind, Platte
- When
- January 14, 9:30 AM MST to 5:55 PM MST
- Where
- Platte forecast zone
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind, Southwest Carbon
- When
- January 14, 9:30 AM MST to 5:55 PM MST
- Where
- Southwest Carbon forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind, Laramie Valley / Wc and Sw Albany
- When
- January 14, 9:30 AM MST to 5:55 PM MST
- Where
- Laramie Valley / Wc and Sw Albany forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 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
- Dense Fog in Louisiana, January 14, 1999
- Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Maryland, January 14 to 15, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, January 14 to 15, 1999
- Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, January 14 to 15, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, January 14 to 17, 1999
- Winter Storm in New York, January 14 to 15, 1999
- Ice Storm in West Virginia, January 14 to 15, 1999
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 14 to 15, 1999
- Winter Storm in New York, January 14 to 15, 1999
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, January 14, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Winter Storm in Maine, January 14 to 15, 1999
- High Wind in Montana, January 14, 1999
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, January 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: 5679879, 5679880, 5679881, 5679882, 5680005.