Strong mid-level winds worked their way to the surface and the surface pressure gradient tightened across central Wyoming, a combination that led to high winds across portions of northwest and central Wyoming. The strongest winds occurred in the wind prone areas of the Absaroka Mountains and the Cody Foothills.
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The episode as NWS RIW wrote it up.
Strong mid-level winds worked their way to the surface and the surface pressure gradient tightened across central Wyoming, a combination that led to high winds across portions of northwest and central Wyoming. The strongest winds occurred in the wind prone areas of the Absaroka Mountains and the Cody Foothills. A maximum gust to 90 mph was recorded west of Clark in the foothills of the Absaroka Range. A wind sensor along the Chief Joseph Highway had many gusts of hurricane force including a peak gust to 87 mph. Wind gusts of 58 to 75 mph were also measured in portions of Fremont and Natrona counties.
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 Riverton, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 13, 6:45 PM MST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
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5 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Maximum wind gusts of 75 mph and 65 mph were recorded at the Fales Rock and Camp Creek wind sensors, respectively.
Numerous wind gusts over hurricane force were recorded along the Chief Joseph highway including a maximum of 87 mph.
Numerous wind gusts past 74 mph occurred at the wind sensor 5 miles west of Clark; including a maximum gust of 90 mph.
A wind gust of 63 mph was recorded at the DuBois airport.
A 58 mph wind gust was measured at the Casper airport ASOS. A maximum wind gust of 62 mph was recorded along Outer Drive south of Casper.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Wyoming in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, October 2016
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: 658903, 658901, 658902, 658905, 658904.