High Wind, Cheyenne Foothills
- When
- February 25, 10:49 PM MST to February 27, 1:45 AM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne Foothills forecast zone
- Measured
- 64 kt (74 mph)
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Wyoming, February 25 to 27, 2000
High winds combined with icy roads to produce some accidents with injuries over southern Wyoming. Wind gusts ashigh as 74 mph were reported over extreme southwestern Laramie county.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 3
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
High winds combined with icy roads to produce some accidents with injuries over southern Wyoming. Wind gusts ashigh as 74 mph were reported over extreme southwestern Laramie county. Other gusts included 71 mph at Arlington, WY, 68 mph at a site 5 miles southeast of Buford, WY, 60 mph 10 miles southeast of Wheatland, WY, and 54 mphat Cheyenne, WY.
Event by event
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Laramie Range
- When
- February 25, 10:49 PM MST to February 27, 1:45 AM MST
- Where
- Laramie Range forecast zone
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, North Carbon
- When
- February 25, 10:49 PM MST to February 27, 1:45 AM MST
- Where
- North Carbon forecast zone
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Platte
- When
- February 25, 10:49 PM MST to February 27, 1:45 AM MST
- Where
- Platte forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, February 25 to 26, 2000
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, February 25 to 26, 2000
- Tornado in Missouri, February 25, 2000
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, February 25, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, February 25, 2000
- Tornado in Missouri, February 25, 2000
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 25 to 26, 2000
- Excessive Heat in West Virginia, February 25, 2000
- Winter Storm in North Dakota, February 25, 2000
- Tornado in Missouri, February 25, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, February 25, 2000
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, February 25, 2000
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, February 2000
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: 5133273, 5133274, 5133275, 5133276.