High Wind — East Laramie County, Wyoming

2025-12-09 · East Laramie County, Wyoming

Event narrative

A few locations reported wind gusts over 58 MPH, mainly northeast of Cheyenne at the Gun Barrel WYDOT site. They also reported the peak wind gust in the zone.

Wider weather episode

A strong jet stream aloft parked itself over southern Wyoming for a prolonged high wind event that lingered into the early morning hours of the 10th of December. Multiple wind gusts over hurricane force were reported with several 16 wheelers blown over across Interstate 80 and Interstate 25.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1299142. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.