High Wind, Platte
- When
- September 25, 8:45 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Platte forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
High winds blew across parts of south central and southeast Wyoming. Wind gusts to 70 mph were reported at Arlington, WY, with gusts to 64 mph reported at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, and on Interstate 25 10 miles southeast of Wheatland, Wy.
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.
The episode as NWS CYS wrote it up.
High winds blew across parts of south central and southeast Wyoming. Wind gusts to 70 mph were reported at Arlington, WY, with gusts to 64 mph reported at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, and on Interstate 25 10 miles southeast of Wheatland, Wy. A tractor-trailer truck was blown over on Interstate 80 9 mileseast of Arlington, injuring the driver.
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Wyoming in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, September 1999
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: 5719025, 5719026, 5719027, 5719028.