Wyoming, 2001Damaging Wind in Wyoming, August 27, 2001
August 27, 2001 · NWS UNR · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 4
- Property damage
- $50,000
- 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 forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Rapid City, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 27, 7:15 PM MST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 7:15 PM MST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
815 PM MDT MON AUG 27 2001
CURRENT SURFACE MAP HAS HIGH PRESSURE OVER EASTERN
DAKOTAS/MINNESOTA...WITH WEAK LOW OVER EASTERN WYOMING. WATER VAPOR
IMAGERY INDICATES SHORTWAVE TROF MOVING THROUGH NORTHWESTERN
WYOMING. SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER EASTERN
WYOMING IN AREA OF BEST INSTABILITY. 00Z RUC CONTINUES TREND OF 18Z
ETA...WITH BEST CHANCE OF CONVECTION OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE BLACK
HILLS AND SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA AS LOW LEVEL JET INCREASES.
.UNR...NONE.
KC
Thunderstorm Wind, Campbell
- When
- August 27, 8:30 PM MST
- Where
- Campbell County, Gillette
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- METEOROLOGIST(NON NWS)
- Coordinates
- 44.283, -105.483
Thunderstorm wind gusts blew over a fifth-wheel trailer. Four injuries (direct) occurred to the four occupants of the trailer. The injured people were treated and released from a local hospital. The trailer was not tied, or had it's wheels blocked, and awnings were extended. The trailer landed on an auto parked beside it.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, August 27, 2001$500,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, August 27, 20011 injured · $300,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, August 27, 20012 injured · $125,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Maryland, August 27, 2001$65,000 · 3 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 27, 2001$50,000 · 59 kt wind · 7 events
- Flash Flooding in Texas, August 27, 2001$50,000 · 3 events
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 27, 2001$25,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 27, 2001$9,000 · 59 kt wind · 8 events
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Connecticut, August 27, 200150 kt wind · 3 events
- Dense Fog in California, August 27, 20012 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 27, 2001$5,000 · 57 kt wind · 2 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 27, 2001$2,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 events
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: 5265952.