Wyoming, 1999

High Wind in Wyoming, March 26, 1999

March 26, 1999 · NWS BYZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A spotter reported wind gusts a high as 61 mph as a strong cold front moved through 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 spotter reported wind gusts a high as 61 mph as a strong cold front moved through North Central Wyoming.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, E Sheridan

When
March 26, 3:00 PM MST to 6:00 PM MST
Where
E Sheridan forecast zone
Measured
53 kt (61 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER

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

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: 5684032.