Flash Flood, Hot Springs
- When
- August 28, 2:30 PM MST to 2:45 PM MST
- Where
- Hot Springs County, 7 mi SE of Thermopolis
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 43.719, -108.442 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Wyoming, August 28, 1999
Evidence of flash flooding of washes that feed into Buffalo Creek and in Buffalo Creek proper. Much debris and mud on road in area about 100 yards wide.
Where it happened
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- 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.
Evidence of flash flooding of washes that feed into Buffalo Creek and in Buffalo Creek proper. Much debris and mud on road in area about 100 yards wide. Estimates of up to 1.5 inches of rain in less than 30 minutes in the area.
The radar
The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 73 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:29 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Wildfire in California, August 28 to 31, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Nebraska, August 28 to 29, 1999
- Wildfire in California, August 28 to 31, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, August 28, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, August 28, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Texas, August 28, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 28, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, August 28, 1999
- Wildfire in Texas, August 28 to 29, 1999
- Wildfire in California, August 28 to 31, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 28, 1999
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 28, 1999
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, August 1999
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: 5710250.