Wyoming, 2001

Hail in Wyoming, July 7, 2001

July 7, 2001 · NWS UNR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, 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 7, 3:40 PM MST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 3:40 PM MST, 2 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
440 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 2001

WL UPDATE ZONES TO PUT SVR WATCH INTO SW SD ZONES.

.UNR...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
       SOUTH DAKOTA.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 7, 1:51 PM MST, 4 hours 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
251 PM MDT SAT JUL 07 2001

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

0225 PM    JOHNSON SIDING            SD   .75 INCH HAIL
07/07/01   PENNINGTON                     REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
                                          NWS EMPLOYEE.
Local storm report, Jul 7, 2:12 PM MST, 4 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
312 PM MDT SAT JUL 07 2001

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

0305 PM    KEYSTONE                  SD   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/07/01   PENNINGTON                     REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.
Local storm report, Jul 7, 3:46 PM MST, 2 hours 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
446 PM MDT SAT JUL 07 2001

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

0630 PM    10 SW MOORCROFT           WY   .75 INCH HAIL
07/06/01   CROOK                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
Local storm report, Jul 7, 6:02 PM MST, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
702 PM MDT SAT JUL 07 2001

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

0600 PM    ROCHELLE                  WY   .75 INCH HAIL
07/07/01   WESTON                         REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0643 PM    12 NW CUSTER              SD   TORNADO
07/07/01   CUSTER                         REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 158 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:28 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Weston

When
July 7, 6:30 PM MST
Where
Weston County, 30 mi SW of Newcastle
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
43.550, -104.633

What these are

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.

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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: 5260033.