Flash Flood in Wyoming, May 24, 1997

Name: Flash Flood in Wyoming, May 24, 1997
Start: 1997-05-24T17:15
End: 1997-05-24T21:30
Location: Wyoming

May 24, 1997 · NWS CYS · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $30,000
Crop damage: $30,000
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.

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:17 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Goshen

When: May 24, 5:15 PM MST to 9:30 PM MST
Where: Goshen County, 2 mi SW of Yoder
Property damage: $30,000
Crop damage: $30,000
Coordinates: 42.088, -104.353 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy rainfall totalling more than 3 inches fell from southwest of Yoder to around Torrington. Four feet of water was reported over state highway 156 2 miles south of Torrington at 515 pm MST. The flooding continued throug the evening along highways 156, 154 and 161 in the Torrington, Veteran and Yoder areas, where water continued to cover highway 161 at 827 pm MST. The water subsided by 930 pm MST.

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Wyoming in 1997 Every state in 1997 This day in weather history Warnings in Wyoming, May 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: 5599293.