Thunderstorm Wind, Campbell
- When
- June 27, 7:25 PM MST
- Where
- Campbell County, Gillette
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 44.280, -105.480
Damaging Wind in Wyoming, June 27, 1997
A thunderstorm with little rain resulted in strong straight line winds over Gillette and ripped a roof off a mobile home.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 UNR wrote it up.
A thunderstorm with little rain resulted in strong straight line winds over Gillette and ripped a roof off a mobile home.
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 212 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:23 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, June 27 to 28, 1997
- Tornado in Minnesota, June 27, 1997
- Hail in Minnesota, June 27, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, June 27, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 27, 1997
- Tornado in Minnesota, June 27, 1997
- Tornado in Minnesota, June 27, 1997
- Tornado in Minnesota, June 27, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 27, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, June 27 to 29, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Oklahoma, June 27, 1997
- Flooding and Hail in North Carolina, June 27, 1997
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, June 1997
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: 5603812.