Wyoming, 2002

High Wind in Wyoming, March 27, 2002

March 27, 2002 · NWS UNR · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

Winds increased quickly behind a cold front moving through the area. Winds were sustained around 35 to 45 mph with gusts to around 60 mph.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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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.

What happened

The episode as NWS UNR wrote it up.

Winds increased quickly behind a cold front moving through the area. Winds were sustained around 35 to 45 mph with gusts to around 60 mph.

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 Rapid City, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 27, 10:00 AM MST, 4 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 10:00 AM MST, 4 hours 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
1000 AM MST WED MAR 27 2002

SML BAND OF MID CLDS WILL EXIT FAR SCNTRL ZONES AROUND NOON...THEN
MID-HI CLDS WL START MOVING ACRS WY-NWRN SD THIS AFTN.  SFC LOW OVR
MT HAS SW FLOW OVR FCST AREA...W/ WLY WINDS OVR BLK HLS.  IF
ATMOSPHERE COMPLETELY MIXED OUT...TEMPS WD REACH LWR 60S...BUT SNW
COVER WILL KEEP TEMPS A BIT LWR.  DOWNSLOPING WNDS HELP TEMPS WRM
OVR BLK HLS AND NRN FOOTHILLS.

.UNR...NONE.
SANDERS

The radar

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Event by event

3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Gillette / N Campbell

When
March 27, 2:42 PM MST to 2:48 PM MST
Where
Gillette / N Campbell forecast zone
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
44.248, -105.548 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Weston / Weston Except X Ne

When
March 27, 3:50 PM MST
Where
Weston / Weston Except X Ne forecast zone
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
43.841, -104.568 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, South Campbell

When
March 27, 3:51 PM MST
Where
South Campbell forecast zone
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
44.248, -105.548 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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.

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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: 5286284, 5286286, 5286285.