Wyoming, 1994

Tornado and Hail in Wyoming, July 15, 1994

July 15, 1994 · 6 events in 4 counties and zones

5 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
6

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

Event by event

5 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Laramie

When
July 15, 1:30 PM MST
Where
Laramie County, Cheyenne
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
41.307, -104.690 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Platte

When
July 15, 1:50 PM MST
Where
Platte County, Chugwater
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
42.133, -104.966 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Laramie

When
July 15, 1:50 PM MST
Where
Laramie County, Cheyenne
Measured
2 in hail
Coordinates
41.307, -104.690 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Johnson

When
July 15, 2:30 PM MST
Where
Johnson County, Buffalo
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
44.039, -106.585 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A storm over eastern Johnson County produced dime-size hail.

Hail, Goshen

When
July 15, 3:30 PM MST
Where
Goshen County, Hawk Springs
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
42.088, -104.353 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

For the third straight day, severe thunderstorms effected some portion of southeast Wyoming. One storm developed rapidly over the city of Cheyenne and dropped quarter- to golf ball-size hail across the city and produced two inch hail stones as it moved east. Another storm developed at the same time over southern Platte County and dropped golf ball-size hail at Chugwater and at Hawk Springs in southern Goshen County. A brief tornado was reported by the Torrington police west of Yoder, but no damage occurred.

Tornado, Goshen

When
July 15, 4:35 PM MST
Where
Goshen County, W Yoder
Rating
F0
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
10 yd
Coordinates
41.920, -104.300

For the third straight day, severe thunderstorms effected some portion of southeast Wyoming. One storm developed rapidly over the city of Cheyenne and dropped quarter- to golf ball-size hail across the city and produced two inch hail stones as it moved east. Another storm developed at the same time over southern Platte County and dropped golf ball-size hail at Chugwater and at Hawk Springs in southern Goshen County. A brief tornado was reported by the Torrington police west of Yoder, but no damage occurred.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Tornado
A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Wyoming in 1994Every state in 1994This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Wyoming, 1994Warnings in Wyoming, July 1994

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10357188, 10357169, 10357189, 10357230, 10357176, 10357177.