Thunderstorm Wind, Fremont
- When
- June 27, 2:38 PM MST
- Where
- Fremont County, 1 mi W of Riverton Arpt
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 43.067, -108.467
Hail and Damaging Wind in Wyoming, June 27, 2000
Thunderstorm wind gust to near 60 mph reported at the National Weather Service Office. Downed power line caused power outages in parts of Riverton for about 2 hours.
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
- 3
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.
Thunderstorm wind gust to near 60 mph reported at the National Weather Service Office. Downed power line caused power outages in parts of Riverton for about 2 hours.
The radar
The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 1 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:35 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Fremont
- When
- June 27, 2:50 PM MST
- Where
- Fremont County, 14 mi NE of Riverton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 43.183, -108.183
Hail, Fremont
- When
- June 27, 2:58 PM MST
- Where
- Fremont County, 16 mi NE of Riverton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 43.200, -108.167
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, June 27, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 27, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, June 27, 2000
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, June 27, 2000
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Connecticut, June 27, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, June 27, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Maine, June 27, 2000
- Tornado in Florida, June 27, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Virginia, June 27, 2000
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 27, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Maine, June 27, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 27, 2000
More
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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: 5151456, 5151457, 5151458.