Thunderstorm Wind, Crook
- When
- July 8, 4:10 PM MST
- Where
- Crook County, 18 mi SW of Sundance
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.217, -104.633
Damaging Wind in Wyoming, July 8, 2001
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
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 8, 1:00 PM MST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 1:00 PM MST, 3 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 200 PM MDT SUN JUL 8 2001 SVR TSTM WATCH COMING OUT SO WILL MAKE DISCUSSION QUICK. SEE SPC PRODUCTS FOR WHY SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON/EVE. MODELS INITIALIZE WELL AND SHOW GOOD AGREEMENT. UPPER RIDGE OVER S-CENT U.S. AND A LOW OFF THE CA COAST WILL KEEP A SERIES OF EJECTING S/WVS MOVING IN SW FLOW OVER WRN U.S. WILL SEE WAVES TOPPING RIDGE OVER NRN PLAINS WITH A NEARLY DAILY CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. TIMING OF INDIVIDUAL WAVES DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY IN LATER PERIODS. LUCKILY WILL HAVE A FAIRLY HOMOGENEOUS ATMO THOUGH LATE THIS WEEK. MODEL GUIDANCE SHOWING BETTER AGREEMENT TODAY. HAVE LEANED TO SLIGHTLY COOLER AVN TEMPS FOR LOWS AND NGM FOR HIGHS. .UNR...NONE. 99
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 8, 1:50 PM MST, 2 hours 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
250 PM MDT SUN JUL 08 2001
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0245 PM ROCKERVILLE SD .75 INCH HAIL
07/08/01 PENNINGTON REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, Jul 8, 2:46 PM MST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
346 PM MDT SUN JUL 08 2001
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0320 PM MOUNT RUSHMORE SD .75 INCH HAIL
07/08/01 PENNINGTON EVENT DURATION 10
MINUTES. REPORTED BY
COOPERATIVE OBSERVER.>
0330 PM NEW HAVEN WY 1 INCH HAIL
07/08/01 CROOK REPORTED BY PUBLIC.Local storm report, Jul 8, 3:34 PM MST, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
434 PM MDT SUN JUL 08 2001
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0315 PM HERMOSA SD 2 INCH HAIL
07/08/01 CUSTER REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0406 PM 3 SE DEVILS TOWER WY 1 INCH HAIL
07/08/01 CROOK REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0420 PM CUSTER SD .75 INCH HAIL
07/08/01 CUSTER REPORTED BY PUBLIC.Local storm report, Jul 8, 3:49 PM MST, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
449 PM MDT SUN JUL 08 2001
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0438 PM 3 S CUSTER SD 1.5 INCH HAIL
07/08/01 CUSTER REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.
0438 PM 4 E CUSTER SD .88 INCH HAIL
07/08/01 CUSTER REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 8, 2001
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, July 8, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Illinois, July 8 to 9, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, July 8, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 8, 2001
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 8, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 8 to 9, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 8, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 8, 2001
- Lightning Strikes in Indiana, July 8, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 8, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 8, 2001
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, July 2001
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: 5260916.