High Wind — Absaroka Mountains, Wyoming

2022-04-19 · Absaroka Mountains, Wyoming

Wider weather episode

The left front quadrant of a jet streak mixed strong wind level winds to the surface. This was especially pronounced in and around the Absarokas. To the west of Clark, there were numerous wind gusts of hurricane force with a maximum gust of 128 mph. At the wind sensor along the Chief Joseph Highway, wind was sustained at over 50 mph for over 4 hours with a maximum wind gust of 86 mph.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1019580. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.