Wyoming, 2001

Damaging Wind in Wyoming, July 28, 2001

July 28, 2001 · NWS UNR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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

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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 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 Jul 28, 1:00 PM MST, 5 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 1:00 PM MST, 5 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
200 PM MDT SAT JUL 28 2001

CURRENT SURFACE MAP HAS TROF ACROSS CENTRAL MONTANA INTO NORTHEAST
WYOMING...WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER EASTERN DAKOTAS. STRONG SHORTWAVE
TROF MOVING THROUGH NORTHWESTERN U.S. WITH CONVECTION DEVELOPING
OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF MONTANA AND WYOMING.

SHORTWAVE WILL BECOME NEGATIVELY TILTED AS IT MOVES ACROSS MONTANA
TONIGHT. ENOUGH SUPPORT FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE FAR
NORTHWEST. FURTHER SOUTH...EVENING THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER
NORTHEAST WYOMING AND AROUND THE BLACK HILLS IN SOUTH DAKOTA. COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH MOST OF THE CWA BY MORNING.

FOR SUNDAY...COLD FRONT STALLS ALONG THE SD/NE BORDER...AND EXTENDS
INTO NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. WEAK CONVERGENCE ALONG THE FRONT IN THE
AFTERNOON WILL BRING A ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHEAST WYOMING AND THE BLACK HILLS.

SUNDAY NIGHT...LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER EAST CENTRAL WYOMING AND
TRACKS EAST THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. LOW LEVEL JET
INCREASES TO 30-45 KNOTS ACROSS NEBRASKA INTO SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH
DAKOTA. 850-700MB THREAT-E ADVECTION OF 3-5C/HR FORECAST OVER THE
EASTERN PART OF CWA. WILL GO WITH HIGHER POPS ACROSS THE EASTERN CWA
SUNDAY NIGHT.

MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT...THETA-E AXIS SETS UP OVER NORTHEAST
WYOMING AND SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH
SOUTHEASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW...ALLOWING FOR MORE AFTERNOON
THUNDERSTORMS. WEAK SHORTWAVE TO MOVE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT WITH
THETA-E ADVECTION ACROSS NORTHEAST WYOMING/WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.

IN THE EXTENDED...UPPER LEVEL TROF TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA
TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY WITH A CONTINUED CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. FLOW
BECOME MORE ZONAL THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WITH THE JET STREAM IN
SOUTHEERN CANADA. WILL CONTINUE THE DRY AND WARM WEATHER FOR THE END
OF THE WEEK.

.UNR...NONE.

KC

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 28, 4:14 PM MST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
514 PM MDT SAT JUL 28 2001

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0435 PM    FAITH                     SD   .88 INCH HAIL
07/28/01   MEADE                          MOSTLY PEA SIZED...BUT
                                          A FEW NICKEL SIZED HIT
                                          A WOMAN IN THE ARM
Local storm report, Jul 28, 4:37 PM MST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
537 PM MDT SAT JUL 28 2001

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0314 PM    7 S ENNING                SD   .88 INCH HAIL
07/28/01   MEADE

0320 PM    3 S ENNING                SD   2 INCH HAIL
07/28/01   MEADE                          SPOTTER SAID HAIL WAS
                                          GREATER THAN 2 INCH
                                          DIAMETER

0330 PM    7 S ENNING                SD   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/28/01   MEADE                          EVENT DURATION 20
                                          MINUTES.

0412 PM    13 W CHERRY CREEK         SD   68 MPH TSTM GUST
07/28/01   ZIEBACH

0420 PM    14 NE CREIGHTON           SD   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/28/01   PENNINGTON                     EVENT DURATION 25
                                          MINUTES.

0505 PM    6 NW CREIGHTON            SD   2.75 INCH HAIL
07/28/01   PENNINGTON                     EVENT DURATION 15
                                          MINUTES.

0529 PM    17 N MIDLAND              SD   60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/28/01   HAAKON                         SPOTTER REPORTED WINDS
                                          AT LEAST 60
                                          MPH...LIKELY STRONGER
Local storm report, Jul 28, 4:42 PM MST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
542 PM MDT SAT JUL 28 2001

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0415 PM    4 NE ELM SPGS             SD   1.5 INCH HAIL
07/28/01   MEADE

0510 PM    3 E MILESVILLE            SD   .88 INCH HAIL
07/28/01   HAAKON                         ALSO HAD 35 TO 40 MPH
                                          WIND

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 167 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:01 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Weston

When
July 28, 6:00 PM MST
Where
Weston County, 19 mi SW of Upton
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
43.900, -104.900

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.

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The same day elsewhere

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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: 5260479.