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High Wind in Northeast Johnson County, Wyoming

High Wind January 18, 2024 · Northeast Johnson County, Wyoming

75 mph
Measured gust (65 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Winds gusts as high as 75 mph occurred in Buffalo. The Johnson County airport had wind gusts as high as 64 mph.

The wider storm

A Pacific system moved into western Wyoming and brought another round of heavy snow to western Wyoming. The heaviest snow fell in southwestern Wyoming with up to 20 inches of new snow in the Salt and Wyoming Range. Several locations in the Tetons also received over a foot of snow. Amounts in the western valleys were generally 7 to 13 inches in the Star Valley and 6 to 9 inches in the Jackson Valley. The snow combined with gusty wind that brought difficult travel and some road closures. Some areas East of the Divide had high winds, with gusts as high as 75 mph around Buffalo.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1158038. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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