Wyoming, 2020

High Wind in Wyoming, January 17, 2020

January 17, 2020 · NWS UNR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

An Arctic cold front produced some wind gusts near 60 mph across northeastern Crook County.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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.

An Arctic cold front produced some wind gusts near 60 mph across northeastern Crook County.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Northeastern Crook

When
January 17, 3:00 PM MST to 5:00 PM MST
Where
Northeastern Crook forecast zone
Measured
52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by
Trained Spotter

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

More

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 866643.