Wyoming, 2001

Hail in Wyoming, July 3, 2001

July 3, 2001 · NWS CYS · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
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  • Marine and coastal
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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 Cheyenne, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 3, 1:30 PM MST, 5 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 1:30 PM MST, 5 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
230 PM MDT TUE JUL 3 2001

DOWNWARD MOTION IN WAKE OF MCS OVR NORTHEAST PARTS OF THE FA THIS
MORN IS PUTTING A DELAY ON ANY TSTM DEVELOPMENT CURRENTLY.  VSBL
IMAGERY SHOWING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY OVR NORTHEAST COLORADO... WITH
CONVECTION FIRING INVOF IT.  CU FIELDS HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME
GETTING GOING ACRS ERN 2/3 OF THE FA AS OUTFLOW HAS CAPPED THINGS
FOR THE TIME BEING.  MODELS INITIALIZED POORLY AT 12Z...WITH ONLY
THE MM5 EVEN HINTING AT PCPN ASSOC W/ MCS OVR THE NRN PANHANDLE.
PLENTY OF LOW LVL MSTR EAST OF THE MTNS /DWPTS 50S AND 60S/ AND LI/S
OF -2 TO -5.  AS WK S/WV OVR NRN WY SWINGS ACRS AREAS NORTH OF THE
PLATTE RIVER THIS EVENING AND INTERACTS W/ MSTR AND INSTABILITY...
SCT TSTMS SHOULD DVLP.  WL USE 20-30% POPS FROM THE MTNS EASTWARD
THIS EVENING...W/ ISOLD ELSEWHERE.  LGT WNDS AND H8 DWPTS OF 15 DEGC
WL RESULT IN AREAS OF LOW CLDS/FOG LATE.

ALL THE MODELS BRING A STRONGER S/WV TROF OVR THE UPR RIDGE AND INTO
NRN WY BY LATER WED...AND ACRS THE WRN PANHANDLE WED NITE.  LOW LVL
BNDRY SHOULD REMAIN QUASI-STNRY OVR ERN WY DURING THE DAY...W/ HIGHT
H8 DWPTS EAST OF IT ONCE AGAIN.  TEMPS VERY WARM-HOT ONCE AGAIN...AS
H7 THERMAL RIDGE NOSES INTO SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING.  BEST PCPN
CHANCES OVR ERN AREAS /UNFORTUNATELY FOR FIREWORKS DISPLAYS/ WL BE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN ADVANCE OF THE S/WV TROF.  WL PUT 30-40% POPS IN
FOR THE EVENING FROM THE MTNS EASTWARD.  AFTER 06Z...PCPN SHOULD END
AND AREAS OF LOW CLDS AND FOG WL ONCE AGAIN DVLP.   NO MAJOR PATTERN
CHANGES FOR THURSDAY...ALTHOUGH UPR DYNAMICS ARE A LITTLE WEAKER
THAN PREVIOUS DAYS.  WL ONCE AGAIN HAVE ISOLD/WDLY SCT AFTN POPS
ALL AREAS.

.EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
OVERALL GOOD AGREEMENT IN THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS...HIGHLIGHTING A
MEAN TROUGH OVER THE NORTHEASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN / PACIFIC NORTHWEST
AND RIDGING FROM THE ROCKIES OVER THE PLAINS.  THIS SPELLS MORE WARM
TEMPERATURES FOR THE FORECAST AREA...THOUGH PROBABLY NOT QUITE AS
HOT AS IT HAS BEEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.  WITH A FEW SHORT
WAVE TROFS MOVING THROUGH THE FLOW...WILL KEEP A CHANCE OF LATE DAY
STORMS MAINLY EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS.

.CYS...
WY...NONE.
NE...NONE.

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The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Albany

When
July 3, 7:15 PM MST to 7:25 PM MST
Where
Albany County, Laramie
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
41.317, -105.583

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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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: 5257962.