Hail, Fremont
- When
- May 13, 3:40 PM MST
- Where
- Fremont County, 4 mi SE of Lander
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.800, -108.670
Hail in Wyoming, May 13, 1998
Reported by off-duty NWS employee.
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
- 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 RIW wrote it up.
Reported by off-duty NWS employee.
The radar
The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 33 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:38 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 Hail in North Dakota, May 13 to 30, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 13, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, May 13 to 20, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 13, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, May 13 to 15, 1998
- High Surf in Hawaii, May 13, 1998
- Hail in Indiana, May 13, 1998
- Hail in Indiana, May 13, 1998
- Heavy Snow in California, May 13, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, May 13, 1998
- Damaging Wind in California, May 13, 1998
- Flood in Oregon, May 13, 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: 5641740.