Wyoming, 2002

High Wind in Wyoming, May 22, 2002

May 22, 2002 · NWS BYZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 Billings, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 22, 7:03 AM MST, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 22, 7:03 AM MST, 3 hours 29 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MONTANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
803 AM MDT WED MAY 22 2002

.SHORT TERM...VALID FOR TDY...THU...FRI...
HAVE ALREADY SENT OUT ZONE UPDATES. WILL HAVE TO MODIFY THE WRKAFP IN
DUE COURSE. HAVE PUT OUT A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
COUNTY WARNING AREA. MAINLY A GRADIENT INDUCED PROBLEM. NOTED LOW
SEEMS TO BE INTENSIFYING FARTHER SOUTH OF WHERE PROGGED ORIGINALLY.
WILL HAVE TO WATCH WHAT IT DOES.

OTHER PROBLEM IS WHETHER SIGNIFICANT SNOW IS GOING TO AFFECT THE
NORTHWEST COUNTIES. IF SO...ADDITIONAL UPDATING WILL NEED TO BE DONE.
CHB

.LONG TERM...VALID FOR SAT...SUN...MON...TUE...
EXTENDED FORECAST LOOKS GOOD CONTINUING WARMING INTO SATURDAY. WEAK
WAVE PROGGED BY MOST MODELS TO PASS SUNDAY AND THIS LOOKS TO BE COVERED
WELL ALSO. MORE ZONAL FLOW AFTER THIS FOR MORE SEASONAL TEMPERATURES...
PER CURRENT PACKAGE. RASCH

    TDY THU     FRI     SAT     SUN     MON     TUE
-------------------------------------------------------
BIL 047 035/053 035/060 044/065 046/064 045/068 045/071
    +/N 42/W    22/W    02/B    20/E    00/B    00/B
LVM 043 029/050 029/060 038/065 044/064 041/067 043/071
    +/0 62/0    22/W    02/B    20/E    00/B    00/B
HDN 050 034/054 034/061 043/066 045/065 044/069 044/072
    +/N 42/W    22/W    02/B    20/E    00/B    00/B
MLS 058 038/055 037/063 045/065 047/064 046/068 046/071
    6/N 64/W    22/W    02/B    20/E    00/B    00/B
4BQ 057 037/054 036/062 042/065 045/064 044/068 045/071
    6/N 64/W    22/W    00/B    22/E    00/B    00/B
BHK 056 036/053 035/061 042/066 045/065 044/069 045/071
    6/N 64/W    22/W    00/B    22/E    00/B    00/B
SHR 054 037/054 034/060 040/064 045/063 044/066 044/069
    7/N 64/W    22/W    00/B    22/E    00/B    00/B

.BYZ...WINTER STORM WARNING TODAY MOUNTAIN ZONES.
       HIGH WIND WARNING TODAY INTO EARLY EVENING FOR REMAINDER OF
       ZONES OF SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA AND SHERIDAN FOOTHILLS.
       HIGH WIND WARNING THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT FOR SOUTHEAST
       MONTANA.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Northeast Bighorn Mountains

When
May 22, 10:32 AM MST
Where
Northeast Bighorn Mountains forecast zone
Measured
60 kt (69 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

60 mph wind gust in the Big Horn 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

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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: 5290474.