High Wind, Cheyenne Foothills
- When
- March 7, 3:30 PM MST to March 8, 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne Foothills forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Wyoming, March 7 to 8, 2000
High winds blew across parts of southeast Wyoming, with gusts as high as 72 mph recorded at Arlington, WY. Gusts to 60 mph were recorded at Cheyenne, WY.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 blew across parts of southeast Wyoming, with gusts as high as 72 mph recorded at Arlington, WY. Gusts to 60 mph were recorded at Cheyenne, WY.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Snowy Range
- When
- March 7, 3:30 PM MST to March 8, 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- Snowy Range forecast zone
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 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
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, March 7, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, March 7, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 7, 2000
- High Wind in Texas, March 7, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, March 7, 2000
- Dust Storm in Arizona, March 7, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, March 7 to 8, 2000
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Texas, March 7, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 7 to 8, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, March 7, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, March 7, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 7, 2000
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, March 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: 5134664, 5134665.