High Wind in North Big Horn Basin, Wyoming

High Wind August 8, 2021 · North Big Horn Basin, Wyoming

62 mph

Measured gust (54 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

A maximum wind gust of 62 mph was recorded at Frannie. Winds were sustained at over 40 mph for an hour and a half. A wind gust of 59 mph was recorded at the South Big Horn County airport in Greybull.

The wider storm

A cold front and associated shortwave moved across northern Wyoming during the evening of Sunday, August 8. Strong mid-level winds mixed to the surface and produced high winds in northern Wyoming. The strongest recorded wind speed was northeast of Buffalo where a gust of 73 mph was reported. Wind gusts of greater than 58 mph were also reported in northern Big Horn and Park counties.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 971532. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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