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High Wind in Northeast Johnson County, Wyoming
High Wind March 16, 2025 – March 17, 2025 · Northeast Johnson County, Wyoming
What the National Weather Service wrote
A wind gust of 66 mph occurred along Interstate 90 east of Buffalo. The Johnson County airport recorded a maximum wind gust of 59 mph.
The wider storm
An increasing pressure gradient ahead of an advancing winter storm and strong jet streak moving over Wyoming brought high wind to much of central Wyoming. The strongest wind gusts were at Red Canyon along Highway 28 where gusts as high as 107 mph occurred. Wind gusts over 75 mph also occurred in the Lander foothills, the Absarokas and the Green Mountains. Wind gusts over 60 mph were fairly widespread across much of Natrona County as well as portions of northern Johnson County.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1247703. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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