High Wind, Northeastern Crook
- When
- January 26, 8:00 AM MST to 2:00 PM MST
- Where
- Northeastern Crook forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
High Wind in Wyoming, January 26, 2014
Strong winds developed across extreme northeastern Wyoming behind the passage of a cold front. Wind gusts around 60 mph were reported in the Colony area during the morning.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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 UNR wrote it up.
Strong winds developed across extreme northeastern Wyoming behind the passage of a cold front. Wind gusts around 60 mph were reported in the Colony area during the morning.
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 Jan 26, 3:47 AM MST, 4 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 26, 3:47 AM MST, 4 hours 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
347 AM MST SUN JAN 26 2014
.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT
ISSUED AT 322 AM MST SUN JAN 26 2014
10Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS LOWS LOW PRESSURE OVER ONTARIO/MINNESOTA
WITH AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT EXTENDING WESTWARD SOUTH OF THE INTERNATIONAL
BORDER. A TIGHT SFC PRESSURE GRADIENT EXISTS OVER THE FORECAST
AREA.
THE ARCTIC FRONT WILL BLAST INTO THE FORECAST AREA LATER THIS
MORNING FOLLOWED BY STRONG LOW LEVEL COLD ADVECTION AND PRESSURE
RISES OF 10-12MB/3HR WHICH WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...ESPECIALLY
ON THE PLAINS OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA WERE A HIGH WIND WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
FRONTOGENESIS ALONG AND BEHIND THE ARCTIC FRONT WILL RESULT IN
SOME LIGHT SNOW...WITH ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY AROUND AN INCH OR
LESS...ALTHOUGH SLIGHTLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED OVER PARTS
OF NORTHEASTERN WYOMING AND THE BLACK HILLS. THE COMBINATION OF
WIND AND SNOW WILL RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES. THE SNOW
WILL END BY LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING AND THE WIND WILL TAPER
OFF LATER IN THE EVENING. SUB-ZERO LOWS ARE EXPECTED AT MOST
LOCATIONS TONIGHT WITH WIND CHILL VALUES OF -20F TO -35F.
COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE LOCATED OVER THE AREA ON MONDAY...WITH
SUNNY SKIES AND HIGH TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM AROUND ZERO TO
AROUND 10 ABOVE ZERO.
&&
.LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
ISSUED AT 322 AM MST SUN JAN 26 2014
NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL PERSIST THROUGH MIDWEEK...WITH A PATTERN
CHANGE TOWARD MORE UNSETTLED ZONAL FLOW LATE IN THE WEEK. ARCTIC AIR
WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY TO THE NORTH AND
EAST OF THE BLACK HILLS. BY WEDNESDAY...THE ARCTIC AIR WILL HAVE
BEEN PUSHED NORTH AND EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA...WITH TEMPS NEAR TO
SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE. CHANCES FOR PCPN WILL INCREASE LATE THIS
WEEK AS AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVES ASHORE ACROSS THE WESTERN CONUS
AND A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES SLIDE ACROSS THE ROCKIES AND INTO THE
PLAINS. SOME COLDER AIR WILL BACK INTO THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY...WITH BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES EXPECTED ACROSS THE CWA
INTO THE WEEKEND. DAILY CHANCES FOR SNOW ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF
THE AREA FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. SOME LIGHT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS LOOK INCREASINGLY LIKELY DURING THE PERIOD...WITH THE
BEST CHANCES COMING WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY INTO
SATURDAY.
&&
.AVIATION...FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z MONDAY MORNING
ISSUED AT 322 AM MST SUN JAN 26 2014
STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA
TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ACROSS THE
WESTERN SD PLAINS DURING THE LATE MORNING INTO EARLY EVENING
HOURS...WHERE SOME WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 KTS WILL BE POSSIBLE.
AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SLIDE SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING.
AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW...ALONG WITH MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS...WILL DEVELOP
ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA EARLY THIS
MORNING...AND SPREAD SOUTH ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA THROUGH THE
MORNING HOURS. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING AS SNOW AND LOWER CLOUDS SLIDE SOUTH AND WEST OF THE AREA.
&&
.UNR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MST THIS
EVENING FOR SDZ024.
HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 11 PM MST /MIDNIGHT CST/ THIS EVENING
FOR SDZ001-002-012>014-025-026-030>032-042>044-046-047-049-
072>074.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR SDZ027-041.
WY...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MST THIS
EVENING FOR WYZ054>058.
HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR WYZ071.
&&
SHORT TERM...10
LONG TERM...26
AVIATION...26Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 26, 3:48 AM MST, 4 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 348 AM MST SUN JAN 26 2014 SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058- 071-271400- BENNETT-BUTTE-CENTRAL BLACK HILLS-CUSTER CO PLAINS-FALL RIVER-HAAKON- HARDING-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS-JACKSON-MELLETTE-NORTHEASTERN CROOK- NORTHERN BLACK HILLS-NORTHERN CAMPBELL-NORTHERN FOOT HILLS- NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-PERKINS-RAPID CITY- SHANNON-SOUTHERN BLACK HILLS-SOUTHERN CAMPBELL-SOUTHERN FOOT HILLS- SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS-TODD-TRIPP- WESTERN CROOK-WESTON-WYOMING BLACK HILLS-ZIEBACH- 348 AM MST (448 AM CST) SUN JAN 26 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING TODAY THORUGH THIS EVENING FOR MOST OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TODAY FOR NORTHEASTERN WYOMING AND THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEASTERN WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL BLAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING FOLLOWED BY STRONG WINDS...FALLING TEMPERATURES...LIGHT SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ON THE PLAINS OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA WERE GUSTS TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER NORTHEASTERN WYOMING... 1 TO 4 INCHES OVER THE BLACK HILLS AND AN INCH OR LESS OVER WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. REDUCED VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE DUE THE LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES... OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RAPIDCITY
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 26, 3:03 AM MST, 4 hours 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
303 AM MST SUN JAN 26 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1038 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 1 N BUFFALO 45.60N 103.55W
01/25/2014 M58.00 MPH HARDING SD ASOS
2WX ASOS
&&Local storm report, Jan 26, 6:50 AM MST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
650 AM MST SUN JAN 26 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0645 AM NON-TSTM WND GST LEMMON 45.94N 102.16W
01/26/2014 M60 MPH PERKINS SD MESONET
&&Local storm report, Jan 26, 7:48 AM MST, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
748 AM MST SUN JAN 26 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0740 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 4 N LUDLOW 45.89N 103.38W
01/26/2014 M64 MPH HARDING SD DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
&&The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, South Campbell
- When
- January 26, 12:00 PM MST to 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- South Campbell forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- RAWS
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Illinois, January 26 to 27, 2014
- Blizzard in Minnesota, January 26, 2014
- Blizzard in North Dakota, January 26, 2014
- Cold in Illinois, January 26, 2014
- High Wind in Iowa, January 26, 2014
- Blizzard in Iowa, January 26, 2014
- Strong Wind in Illinois, January 26 to 27, 2014
- Extreme Cold in Minnesota, January 26 to 28, 2014
- Strong Wind in Kentucky, January 26 to 27, 2014
- High Wind in South Dakota, January 26, 2014
- High Wind in Kansas, January 26, 2014
- High Wind in South Dakota, January 26, 2014
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, January 2014
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: 488050, 516193.