Hail and Damaging Wind in Wyoming, June 3, 2001

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Wyoming, June 3, 2001
Start: 2001-06-03T13:05
End: 2001-06-03T19:30
Location: Wyoming

June 3, 2001 · NWS BYZ · 5 events in 1 county or zone

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

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

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 Billings, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 3, 8:32 AM MST, 4 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 8:32 AM MST, 4 hours 33 minutes before

SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MONTANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
932 AM MDT SUN JUN 3 2001

.TDY AND MON...

ZONES WILL BE UPDATED THIS MORNING. STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM HAS MOVED
INTO WESTERN MONTANA AND WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS
THE STATE. 700 MB LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL TRACK INTO THE
LIVINGSTON AREA TODAY...PUTTING AREAS NORTH AND EAST INTO OVERRUNNING
PRECIPITATION.  RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED IN
SOUTHEAST MONTANA AND THE LIVINGSTON AREA. IN BETWEEN THOSE AREAS...IS
AN AREA OF MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. THE ADDITIONAL HEATING THAT RESULTS
WILL ADD TO THE INSTABILITY AND INCREASE PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS THIS
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA. THIS IS A COLD SYSTEM FOR JUNE...
SO SNOW IS LIKELY ABOVE 8000 FEET TODAY AND ABOVE 6000 FEET TONIGHT.
MIDDENDORF

.TUE...WED...THU...FRI...SAT...
LATEST AVN RUN IS SLOWER WITH PULLING UPPER LOW OUT OF STATE. MODEL
STILL LINGERS LOW IN EAST WITH CONTINUED WRAP AROUND MOISTURE INTO
WESTERN ZONES TUESDAY. SINCE SYSTEM IS CUT OFF FROM MAIN FLOW WITH
BASICALLY A REX BLOCK SITTING OVER CENTRAL CANADA/NORTHERN USA...THIS
SLOW SOLUTION LOOKS REASONABLE. ETA OUT TO 60HRS MATCHES UP WELL WITH
AVN. WEDNESDAY AND BEYOND LOOK ON TRACK FOR A WARMING TREND AS RIDGE
BUILDS INTO AREA...HOWEVER FORECAST AREA MAY BE VULNERABLE TO
SOUTHWEST FLOW LATER IN PERIOD. WILL ONLY UPDATE TUESDAY FOR NOW BY
ADDING IN SHOWERS FOR ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. TEMPS LOOK OK BUT MIGHT
ALSO BE TOO WARM. SCARLETT

    TDY MON     TUE     WED     THU     FRI     SAT
-------------------------------------------------------
BIL 059 045/057 043/071 048/082 055/090 058/092 058/088
    +/T 86/R    30/E    00/U    00/U    00/B    02/B
LVM 056 037/056 035/070 040/082 047/088 050/090 050/085
    +/R 86/R    30/E    00/U    00/U    00/B    02/B
HDN 060 043/058 040/074 044/085 052/094 054/095 052/093
    +/T 86/R    30/E    00/U    00/U    00/B    02/B
MLS 061 048/061 045/070 048/084 055/092 058/095 058/095
    +/T 74/R    33/W    00/U    00/U    00/U    00/B
4BQ 060 047/060 043/068 046/082 053/090 056/093 056/093
    +/T 74/R    33/W    00/U    00/U    00/U    00/B
BHK 059 045/058 040/066 044/080 050/088 054/091 055/091
    +/T 74/R    33/W    00/U    00/U    00/U    00/B
SHR 061 042/056 037/070 041/082 048/090 053/091 055/091
    +/T 84/R    30/W    00/U    00/U    00/B    02/B

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Event by event

4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Sheridan

When: June 3, 1:05 PM MST
Where: Sheridan County, 20 mi SE of Sheridan
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 44.600, -106.667

Hail, Sheridan

When: June 3, 1:35 PM MST
Where: Sheridan County, 15 mi SW of Sheridan
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 44.650, -107.167

Thunderstorm Wind, Sheridan

When: June 3, 1:40 PM MST
Where: Sheridan County, 9 mi SW of Clearmont
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 44.533, -106.517

Wind damage. 3.5 foot diameter tree blown down near Ucross.

Hail, Sheridan

When: June 3, 7:30 PM MST
Where: Sheridan County, 20 mi SE of Sheridan
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 44.600, -106.667

Hail, Sheridan

When: June 3, 7:30 PM MST
Where: Sheridan County, 23 mi E of Sheridan
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 44.800, -106.483

1.00 inch hail drifted and was still present on the morning of the 4th.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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: 5249518, 5249521, 5249587, 5249519, 5249520.