Flash Flood, Platte
- When
- September 14, 4:15 PM MST to 5:15 PM MST
- Where
- Platte County, Wheatland
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 42.133, -104.966 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Wyoming, September 14, 1996
South Creek and Polk Creek rose to five feet above normal near Wheatland. The high water levels flooded a yard in Wheatland.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $2,000
- 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.
South Creek and Polk Creek rose to five feet above normal near Wheatland. The high water levels flooded a yard in Wheatland.
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:17 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Frost and Freeze in Iowa, September 14, 1996
- Flash Flood in Utah, September 14, 1996
- Tornado in Texas, September 14, 1996
- Flood in Kansas, September 14 to 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in Texas, September 14, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, September 14, 1996
- Flash Flood in Wyoming, September 14, 1996
- Flash Flood in Texas, September 14 to 15, 1996
- Flash Flood in Texas, September 14 to 15, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, September 14, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, September 14, 1996
- Flash Flood in Texas, September 14, 1996
More
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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: 5566066.