Flood, Park
- When
- May 16, 4:00 PM MST to May 17, 5:00 AM MST
- Where
- Park County, Cody
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.521, -109.588 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Wyoming, May 16 to 17, 2000
caused some flooding of businesses. Nearly one quarter of Cody's annual precipitation fell during the 12-hour period.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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.
Almost 2.5 inches of rain in 12 hours...between the evening of the 16th and the morning of the 17th...caused some flooding of businesses. Nearly one quarter of Cody's annual precipitation fell during the 12-hour period.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 16 to 17, 2000
- High Wind in Oregon, May 16, 2000
- Debris Flow in New York, May 16 to 31, 2000
- Hail in Wyoming, May 16, 2000
- Hail in Wyoming, May 16, 2000
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 16, 2000
- Hail in Kansas, May 16, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 16, 2000
- Frost and Freeze in West Virginia, May 16, 2000
- Hail in Kansas, May 16, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Idaho, May 16, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Texas, May 16, 2000
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, May 2000
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: 5143156.