High Wind in Shirley Basin, Wyoming

High Wind January 21, 2025 · Shirley Basin, Wyoming

63 mph

Measured gust (55 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Frequent wind gusts of 58 to 62 MPH were observed at a mesonet station in the Shirley Basin. A maximum wind gust of 63 MPH was observed at the PacifiCorp sensor (12 S Shirely Basin) at 12:10 PM MST on 1/21.

The wider storm

A strong pressure gradient across southeast Wyoming lead to an impressive high wind event across the wind prones and wind prone adjacent area on 1/21.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1223945. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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