High Wind in Laramie Range, Wyoming

High Wind February 16, 2007 · Laramie Range, Wyoming

72 mph

Measured gust (63 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Maximum wind gust of 72 mph reported 25 miles west-southwest of Cheyenne, Wyoming by retired NWS employee.

The wider storm

A strong pressure gradient produced high winds across much of southeastern Wyoming from the evening of February 15th through the afternoon of the 16th. Gusts from 60 to 70 mph were fairly widespread, with unofficial gusts as high as 77 mph recorded on Interstate 25 south of Wheatland, Wyoming.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 10424. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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