A brief period of strong and gusty west winds developed across the wind corridors of southeast Wyoming.
Every event with a place to put it; 7 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS CYS wrote it up.
A brief period of strong and gusty west winds developed across the wind corridors of southeast Wyoming.
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 Mar 8, 10:08 PM MST, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1008 PM MST SAT MAR 8 2014 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 830 PM MST SAT MAR 8 2014 FORECAST RIGHT ON TRACK SO NO UPDATES AT THIS TIME. ONLY CONCERN TONIGHT IS THE WIND IN THE BORDEAUX AREA. NAM STILL SHOWING A STRONG CORE OF LOW LEVEL WINDS RIGHT AROUND THE TOP OF THE INVERSION. THE QUESTION IS IF THOSE WINDS WILL BE DIRECTED TOWARD THE SURFACE. GRADIENT AND UPPER LEVELS NOT THE MOST FAVORABLE BUT SUBSIDENCE EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE MAY BE ENOUGH TO PUSH THE WINDS TO THE SURFACE. ALREADY SEEING 30 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH AT BORDEAUX. SHOULD AT LEAST SEE MARGINAL HIGH WIND WARNING STRENGTH WINDS IF THE NAM VERIFIES. MAY NEED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THAT AREA BEFORE THE NIGHT IS OVER. OTHER WIND PRONE AREAS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING MUCH LESS FAVORABLE FOR HIGH WINDS TONIGHT. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 245 PM MST SAT MAR 8 2014 DRY WEATHER AND WARM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH MONDAY...BEFORE THE NEXT PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE AREA BY MONDAY NIGHT. MODELS SHOW FAIRLY QUIET WEATHER CONTINUING OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND WESTERN NEBRASKA THROUGH MONDAY AS ZONAL FLOW ALOFT DEVELOPS OVER THE AREA AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT. THE ONLY MINOR CONCERN WILL BE WINDS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING. WESTERLY WINDS MAY GUST AROUND 55 MPH ACROSS THE WIND PRONE AREAS LATE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN CHUGWATER AND CASPER ALONG I25 AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT NEAR THE SURFACE STRENGTHENS BRIEFLY ALONG THE LARAMIE RANGE. STRONG WINDS ABOVE 58 MPH ARE POSSIBLE BUT WITH THE JET STREAM FAR TO THE NORTH...NO SIGN OF LARGE SCALE SUBSIDENCE IN THE LEE OF THE MOUNTAINS...AND ONLY A 6 TO 9 HOUR WINDOW OF PEAK GUSTS...THERE IS CURRENTLY LOW CONFIDENCE IN THE A HIGH WIND EVENT NORTH OF RAWLINS ALONG WITH AREAS ALONG I25 NORTH OF CHEYENNE. FOR NOW...JUST INCREASED WIND GUSTS IN THE MOST LIKELY AREAS TO OBSERVE WINDS NEAR CRITERIA. OTHERWISE...LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE ON THE MILD SIDE WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S TO LOW 70S EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE...AND GENERALLY IN THE 50S WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY AFTERNOON. BY LATE MONDAY EVENING...THE BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH CURRENTLY OFF THE WEST COAST WILL PUSH INLAND AND THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN REGION. A SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM SOUTH DAKOTA WESTWARD TO CENTRAL WYOMING...AND THEN SOUTHWARD TO EASTERN UTAH. THIS FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE FORECAST AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH SNOW DEVELOPING ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT. INCREASED POP...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF I80 AND IN THE MOUNTAINS AFTER 06Z TUESDAY WITH MODELS ALSO TRENDING MUCH COLDER. DO NOT EXPECT MUCH RAINFALL AT THE START OF THIS EVENT...ALTHOUGH SOME RAIN IS EXPECT BELOW 5500 FEET. TEMPERATURES WILL START OFF MILD AND IN THE 40S AHEAD OF THE FRONT MONDAY NIGHT...BUT THEN QUICKLY LOWER INTO THE 20S BY EARLY TUESDAY. .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 300 PM MST SAT MAR 8 2014 PRETTY WIDESPREAD SNOW EVENT SHOULD BE ONGOING TUESDAY MORNING WITH FORECAST GUIDANCE IN GOOD AGREEMENT SWEEPING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA FROM THE NORTH. WENT AHEAD AND UPPED POPS BASED ON THIS AGREEMENT FOR TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THIS LOOKS TO BE ANOTHER FAST MOVING SYSTEM WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW FALLING UP IN CONVERSE COUNTY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND ENDING BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE WARMER GROUND TEMPERATURES AND FAST MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT AND ASSOCIATED UPPER SHORTWAVE MAY PRECLUDE A LOT IN THE WAY OF HEAVY SNOW THOUGH. WILL NEED TO CONTINUE MONITORING THOUGH. BY SUNSET...IT LOOKS LIKE THE PRECIP CLEARS THE CWFA WITH WEATHER MOVING INTO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL COLORADO. LOOKS TO BE COLD TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS 700MB TEMPERATURES FALL TO -12C. OVERNIGHT LOWS COULD BE SINGLE DIGITS WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE WITH LOW TO MID 20S EAST. A QUICK WARM UP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS 700MB TEMPERATURES REBOUND TO -2 TO -4C. LOOK FOR HIGHS OUT WEST IN THE MID 30S AND MID TO UPPER 40S EAST. THAT LOOKS TO BE IT FOR A WHILE PRECIP WISE. ARCTIC BOUNDARY FORECAST TO STAY NORTHEAST OF THE CWFA INTO SUNDAY...SO LOOKS LIKE WE SHOULD REMAIN DRY DURING THIS TIME. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SUNDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 948 PM MST SAT MAR 8 2014 VFR ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. ONLY AVIATION CONCERNS ARE WITH THE WINDS. GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE WIND PRONE AREAS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 WILL BE COMMON. && .FIRE WEATHER... ISSUED AT 200 PM MST SAT MAR 8 2014 WARMER WEATHER AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE AREA SUNDAY AND MONDAY AHEAD OF THE NEXT PACIFIC COLD FRONT. ALTHOUGH FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WILL BE LOW ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA DUE TO THE RECENT PRECIPITATION...THERE IS SOME CONCERN OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES LOWERING TO NEAR 15 PERCENT ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL AND MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY AND MAY LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY. && .CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WY...NONE. NE...NONE. && UPDATE...SML SHORT TERM...TJT LONG TERM...CLAYCOMB AVIATION...SML FIRE WEATHER...TJT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 515 AM MST SAT MAR 8 2014 WYZ101>119-091215- CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NIOBRARA COUNTY- NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS- SHIRLEY BASIN-CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTHWEST CARBON COUNTY- SIERRA MADRE RANGE-UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN-SNOWY RANGE- LARAMIE VALLEY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- 515 AM MST SAT MAR 8 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL WYOMING... SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF SNOW ON TUESDAY AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE STILL UNCLEAR AT THIS TIME...BUT THOSE TRAVELING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MAKE ALTERNATE TRAVEL PLANS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-091215- DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX- 515 AM MST SAT MAR 8 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AREAS OF DENSE FOG IS POSSIBLE IN THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER VALLEY FROM SCOTTSBLUFF SOUTHEAST TOWARDS SIDNEY EARLY THIS MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF SNOW ON TUESDAY AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE STILL UNCLEAR AT THIS TIME...BUT THOSE TRAVELING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MAKE ALTERNATE TRAVEL PLANS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE COX
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
7 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The WYDOT sensor at Bordeaux measured sustained winds of 40 mph or higher, with a peak gust of 70 mph at 09/0421 MST.
The UPR sensor at Lynch measured sustained winds of 40 mph or higher, with a peak gust of 59 mph at 09/0845 MST.
The WYDOT sensor at Otto measured sustained winds of 40 mph or higher, with a peak gust of 58 mph at 09/0915 MST.
The UPR sensor at Emkay measured wind gusts of 58 mph or higher, with a peak gust of 72 mph at 09/0855 MST.
The WYDOT sensor at Interstate 80 mile marker 353 measured sustained winds of 40 mph or higher, with a peak gust of 59 mph at 09/1155 MST.
The WYDOT sensor at Wyoming Hill measured sustained winds of 40 mph or higher, with a peak gust of 60 mph at 09/1156 MST.
The WYDOT sensor at Coleman measured sustained winds of 40 mph or higher, with a peak gust of 61 mph at 09/1621 MST.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Wyoming in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, March 2014
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: 493849, 493851, 493854, 493852, 493853, 493855, 493850.