Hail, Laramie
- When
- May 10, 6:25 PM MST to 6:35 PM MST
- Where
- Laramie County, Albin
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $150,000
- Coordinates
- 41.420, -104.100
Hail in Wyoming, May 10, 1998
3/4 inch hail accumulated to a depth of 4 to 5 inches in and just to the west of Albin. This resulted in complete damage of 375 acres of alfalfa, 250 acres of wheat, and 300 acres of hay.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- $150,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS CYS wrote it up.
3/4 inch hail accumulated to a depth of 4 to 5 inches in and just to the west of Albin. This resulted in complete damage of 375 acres of alfalfa, 250 acres of wheat, and 300 acres of hay.
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 66 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:22 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 10, 1998
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Georgia, May 10, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 10, 1998
- Tornado in Georgia, May 10, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in South Carolina, May 10, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 10, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in South Carolina, May 10, 1998
- Flooding in New York, May 10 to 11, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 10, 1998
- Hail in Nebraska, May 10, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Tennessee, May 10, 1998
- Flash Flooding in New York, May 10 to 11, 1998
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, May 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: 5642162.