High Wind, Wyoming Black Hills
- When
- October 22, 9:00 PM MST to 10:00 PM MST
- Where
- Wyoming Black Hills forecast zone
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 44.215, -104.569 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Wyoming, October 22, 2017
A cold front brought a brief period of strong winds in the Beulah area of Crook County. Wind gusts around 65 mph occurred during the late evening.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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What happened
The episode as NWS UNR wrote it up.
A cold front brought a brief period of strong winds in the Beulah area of Crook County. Wind gusts around 65 mph occurred during the late evening.
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 Oct 22, 4:19 PM MST, 4 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 22, 4:19 PM MST, 4 hours 41 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Rapid City SD 527 AM MDT Sun Oct 22 2017 SDZ024-027>030-041-074-WYZ054-056-057-231300- Northern Black Hills-Southern Foot Hills-Central Black Hills- Southern Black Hills-Custer Co Plains-Fall River- Hermosa Foot Hills-Northern Campbell-Western Crook- Wyoming Black Hills- 527 AM MDT Sun Oct 22 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southwestern South Dakota...the Black Hills...and northeast Wyoming. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed today. && Stay tuned to NOAA weather radio for further updates...or check our web site at weather.gov/rapidcity WYZ055-058-231300- Southern Campbell-Weston- 527 AM MDT Sun Oct 22 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northeast Wyoming. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight West to southwest winds will gust to 40 to 45 MPH through early this evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday A cold front will move through tonight bringing gusty northwest winds from 30 to 45 MPH late tonight into Monday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed today. && Stay tuned to NOAA weather radio for further updates...or check our web site at weather.gov/rapidcity SDZ001-002-012>014-025-026-031-032-072-073-WYZ071-231300- Harding-Perkins-Butte-Northern Meade Co Plains-Ziebach- Northern Foot Hills-Rapid City-Pennington Co Plains-Haakon- Sturgis/Piedmont Foot Hills-Southern Meade Co Plains- Northeastern Crook- 527 AM MDT Sun Oct 22 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northwestern South Dakota...southwestern South Dakota...and northeast Wyoming. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight The grassland fire danger index will be in the high to very high category this afternoon. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday Behind a cold front, strong northwest winds are possible Monday and thus, a high wind watch has been issued. Wind gusts from 40 to 60 MPH are possible. The grassland fire danger index will be in the very high to extreme category Monday afternoon. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed today. && Stay tuned to NOAA weather radio for further updates...or check our web site at weather.gov/rapidcity SDZ042>044-046-047-049-231300- Oglala Lakota-Jackson-Bennett-Mellette-Todd-Tripp- 527 AM MDT Sun Oct 22 2017 /627 AM CDT Sun Oct 22 2017/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central South Dakota...and southwestern South Dakota. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight The grassland fire danger index will be in the high to very high category this afternoon. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday Behind a cold front, gusty northwest winds up to 45 MPH are expected Monday. The grassland fire danger index will be in the very high to extreme category Monday afternoon. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed today. && Stay tuned to NOAA weather radio for further updates...or check our web site at weather.gov/rapidcity
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 22, 4:25 PM MST, 4 hours 35 minutes before
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</html>The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Lightning Strike in Texas, October 22, 2017
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, October 22, 2017
- Flash Flooding in Alabama, October 22, 2017
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, October 22, 2017
- High Wind in Montana, October 22, 2017
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Mississippi, October 22, 2017
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Alabama, October 22 to 23, 2017
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Hawaii, October 22 to 25, 2017
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Gulf of Mexico, October 22, 2017
- High Wind in Montana, October 22, 2017
- Strong Wind in Mississippi, October 22, 2017
- High Wind in Montana, October 22, 2017
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 2017Every state in 2017This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, October 2017
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: 723840.