High Wind, Cheyenne Foothills / C Laramie
- When
- February 5, 4:30 AM MST to 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne Foothills / C Laramie forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Wyoming, February 5, 2001
4 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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 forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Cheyenne, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 5, 4:02 AM MST, 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 4:02 AM MST, 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 402 AM MST MON FEB 5 2001 ...UPDATED TO INCLUDE WESTERN LARAMIE COUNTY IN HIGH WIND WARNING FOR TODAY... WILL INCLUDE CHEYE
Event by event
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Laramie Range / Se Albany / W Laramie
- When
- February 5, 4:30 AM MST to 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Laramie Range / Se Albany / W Laramie forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Platte
- When
- February 5, 4:30 AM MST to 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Platte forecast zone
- Measured
- 47 kt (54 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Snowy Range / Se Carbon / X Sw Albany
- When
- February 5, 4:30 AM MST to 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Snowy Range / Se Carbon / X Sw Albany forecast zone
- Measured
- 69 kt (79 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Very strong winds were reported over parts of southeast Wyoming, especiallyin and near the mountains. Gusts as high as 79 mph were recorded at Arlington, with gusts to 61 mph at Buford. Cheyenne, WY recorded gusts to 55 mph.
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
- Winter Storm in Vermont, February 5 to 6, 2001
- Winter Storm in Vermont, February 5 to 6, 2001
- Winter Storm in Vermont, February 5 to 6, 2001
- Winter Storm in Vermont, February 5 to 6, 2001
- Winter Weather in New York, February 5 to 6, 2001
- Winter Storm in New York, February 5 to 6, 2001
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Massachusetts, February 5 to 6, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Maine, February 5 to 6, 2001
- Winter Weather in Vermont, February 5 to 6, 2001
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, February 5 to 6, 2001
- Winter Storm in Maine, February 5 to 6, 2001
- Heavy Snow and Sleet in New Jersey, February 5, 2001
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, February 2001
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: 5231112, 5231113, 5231114, 5231115.