Thunderstorm Wind, Hot Springs
- When
- August 14, 4:40 PM MST to 4:46 PM MST
- Where
- Hot Springs County, 8 mi NE of Thermopolis
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.730, -108.080
Hail and Damaging Wind in Wyoming, August 14, 1998
Along Route 172.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 RIW wrote it up.
Along Route 172.
The radar
The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:39 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Hot Springs
- When
- August 14, 4:40 PM MST to 4:46 PM MST
- Where
- Hot Springs County, 8 mi NE of Thermopolis
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.730, -108.080
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 14, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, August 14, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 14, 1998
- Flash Flood in South Carolina, August 14 to 15, 1998
- Hail in Nebraska, August 14, 1998
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Nevada, August 14, 1998
- Flooding and Hail in Iowa, August 14, 1998
- Flash Flood in Texas, August 14, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 14, 1998
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Nevada, August 14, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 14, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Florida, August 14, 1998
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, August 1998
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: 5665719, 5665720.