Hail in Wyoming, August 28, 1996

Name: Hail in Wyoming, August 28, 1996
Start: 1996-08-28T17:02
End: 1996-08-28T17:08
Location: Wyoming

August 28, 1996 · NWS CYS · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Large hail broke windows in the area.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $5,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS CYS wrote it up.

Large hail broke windows in the area.

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 153 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:02 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Niobrara

When: August 28, 5:02 PM MST to 5:08 PM MST
Where: Niobrara County, Redbird
Measured: 3.5 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 43.250, -104.300

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Wyoming in 1996 Every state in 1996 This day in weather history Warnings in Wyoming, August 1996

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: 5556423.