High Wind in Upper Wind River Basin, Wyoming

High Wind December 14, 2021 · Upper Wind River Basin, Wyoming

76 mph

Measured gust (66 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

The peak wind speed in Crowheart was measured at 76 mph.

The wider storm

Another in a series of fast-moving cold fronts and troughs moved through Wyoming and brought another round of high wind to mainly central Wyoming. The highest wind gust recorded was 82 mph at the Red Canyon wind sensor at the southern end of the Wind River Mountains. Lower elevation peak speeds included 82 mph in Natrona County and gusts exceeding 60 mph in Fremont and Sweetwater counties.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 997005. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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