Wyoming, 2002

Damaging Wind in Wyoming, June 1, 2002

June 1, 2002 · NWS CYS · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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
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 Jun 1, 2:35 PM MST, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 2:35 PM MST, 3 hours 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
335 PM MDT SAT JUN 1 2002

QSTNRY FNT ROUGHLY FROM DGW TO SE CRNR WY WITH BISECTED
AREA TO THE ENE RIPE FOR TSTMS LATE THIS AFTN AND EVENING.
LAPS SHOWS 2000-3000 J/KG CAPES OVER THIS AREA ALONG WITH
LIFTED INDICES OF -3 TO -6.  SPC HAS MUCH OF THIS IN MDT RISK.
WHILE TSTMS HAVE BEEN RATHER SLOW TO DVLP AND GET STRONGER...
STILL FEEL THIS WILL HAPPEN IN THE ABOVE DISCUSSED AREA THIS
EVENING AS SHORWAVE TROFS ROLL UP FROM THE SW.  20 PERCENT POPS
WILL BE ENOUGH FOR EVENING TSTMS ALG AND W OF I-25 THIS EVENING.
WITH DRIER/DOWNSLOPE FLOW SETTING UP BEHIND THE SHORTWAVES ON
SUNDAY...A MOSTLY SUNNY DAY ON TAP WITH ONLY ISOLD AFTN TSTMS.
TEMPS WILL BE NOT QUITE AS WARM...ESPECIALLY NRN/WRN CWA.
STRONG CDFNT IS STILL EXPECTED TO COME S SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH
SCT POPS IN ORDER FOR SHWRS AND EVENING TSTMS...NRN PART OF CWA
MAY ACTUALLY SEE THIS OCCURRING LATE SUN AFTN.  A MUCH COOLER AND
SHOWERY DAY ON TAP FOR MON WITH WEAK UPPER LOW NEAR LAS.  THESE
SHWRS WILL PERSIST MON NIGHT AND GIVEN 1000-500MB THICKNESSES...
RAIN WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO SNOW IN THE MTNS AND PERHAPS MIX AT
RWL/LAR.  SCT SHWRS LINGERING ON TUESDAY ALONG WITH QUITE COOL
TEMPS.  NO SGFNT MODEL DIFFERENCES EXPECT FOR WRMR FWC MAX TEMPS
MONDAY VS. COOLER FAN WHICH LOOKS TOO MUCH SO.

.EXTENDED...
LOOK FOR IMPROVING CONDITIONS BY MIDWEEK AS UPPER TROF PULLS AWAY
AND SHORT WAVE RIDGE BEGINS BUILDING OVER WY.  STILL A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS IN/NEAR THE MOUNTAINS ON WEDNESDAY IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...
FOLLOWED BY A DRYING TREND WITH WARMING TREND.

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

HATTEN/BANN

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:00 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Goshen

When
June 1, 5:59 PM MST
Where
Goshen County, Torrington
Measured
55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
42.067, -104.183

63 mph wind gust at airport

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

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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: 5296522.