Wyoming, 2018High Wind in Wyoming, October 3, 2018
October 3, 2018 · NWS CYS · 3 events in 3 counties and zones
Strong west to southwest winds developed through the favored wind corridors of southeast Wyoming.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Strong west to southwest winds developed through the favored wind corridors of southeast Wyoming.
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 Cheyenne, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 3, 4:17 AM MST, 3 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 3, 4:17 AM MST, 3 hours 38 minutes before
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Local storm report, Oct 3, 7:15 AM MST, 40 minutes before
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</html>High Wind, Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County
- When
- October 3, 7:55 AM MST to 9:15 AM MST
- Where
- Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph) measured sustained
- Reported by
- Department of Highways
- Coordinates
- 41.698, -105.127 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The WYDOT sensor at Bordeaux measured sustained winds of 40 mph or higher, with a peak gust of 60 mph at 03/0820 MST.
High Wind, South Laramie Range
- When
- October 3, 12:25 PM MST to 12:30 PM MST
- Where
- South Laramie Range forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Department of Highways
- Coordinates
- 41.481, -105.207 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The WYDOT sensor at Buford East measured peak wind gusts of 58 mph.
High Wind, North Snowy Range Foothills
- When
- October 3, 12:30 PM MST to 1:30 PM MST
- Where
- North Snowy Range Foothills forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph) measured sustained
- Reported by
- Department of Highways
- Coordinates
- 41.675, -106.327 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The WYDOT sensor at Halleck Ridge measured sustained winds of 40 mph or higher, with a peak gust of 65 mph at 03/1240 MST.
- 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.
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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: 785044, 785046, 785045.