High Wind in Wyoming, October 12 to 13, 2001

Name: High Wind in Wyoming, October 12 to 13, 2001
Start: 2001-10-12T19:00
End: 2001-10-13T14:00
Location: Wyoming

October 12 to 13, 2001 · NWS CYS · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

3 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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.

Event by event

3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, North Laramie Range / X S Converse / N Albany / X Se Natrona

When: October 12, 7:00 PM MST to October 13, 2:00 PM MST
Where: North Laramie Range / X S Converse / N Albany / X Se Natrona forecast zone
Measured: 51 kt (59 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

High Wind, Platte

When: October 12, 7:00 PM MST to October 13, 2:00 PM MST
Where: Platte forecast zone
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

High Wind, Snowy Range / Se Carbon / X Sw Albany

When: October 12, 7:00 PM MST to October 13, 2:00 PM MST
Where: Snowy Range / Se Carbon / X Sw Albany forecast zone
Measured: 72 kt (83 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Very strong winds blew over and near the mountains of southeast Wyoming. Wind gusts as high as 83 mph were recorded at Arlington with gusts from 60 to 75 mph common elsewhere across the mountains.

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

Every storm in Wyoming in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Wyoming, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5272549, 5272550, 5272586.