High Wind, E Sheridan
- When
- March 16, 11:30 AM MST to 2:30 PM MST
- Where
- E Sheridan forecast zone
- Measured
- 49 kt (56 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Wyoming, March 16, 1999
A strong cold front generated sustained northwest winds of 45 mph with gusts as high as 56 mph at the Sheridan Airport as it crossed North Central Wyoming.
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS BYZ wrote it up.
A strong cold front generated sustained northwest winds of 45 mph with gusts as high as 56 mph at the Sheridan Airport as it crossed North Central Wyoming.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Blizzard and Ice Storm in Alaska, March 16 to 19, 1999
- High Wind in Wyoming, March 16, 1999
- Strong Wind in Maine, March 16, 1999
- Strong Wind in North Carolina, March 16, 1999
- High Wind in South Dakota, March 16, 1999
- Flooding in Iowa, March 16 to 17, 1999
- Dust Devil in Florida, March 16, 1999
- High Wind in Montana, March 16, 1999
- High Wind in Wyoming, March 16, 1999
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, March 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: 5684029.