Wyoming, 2003

Hail in Wyoming, August 8, 2003

August 8, 2003 · NWS SLC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, 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 Salt Lake City, UT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 8, 2:47 PM MST, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 2:47 PM MST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
UTAH AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
347 PM MDT FRI AUG 8 2003

.SYNOPSIS...SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL PREVAIL OVER THE AREA THROUGH
THE WEEKEND. MOISTURE OVER SOUTHERN AND EASTERN UTAH WILL GRADUALLY
SPREAD OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA TODAY AND SATURDAY.

.DISCUSSION...STARTING TO SEE SOME HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING CELLS IN
CENTRAL UTAH. ISSUED A FLS FOR NORTHWEST GARFIELD COUNTY WHERE
STORMS HAVE BEEN TRAINING OVER THE SAME AREA FOR A FEW HOURS.
WORKING ON A FFW FOR GULCHES SOUTH OF CAINEVILLE.

RIDGE ALOFT BUILDS OVER UTAH THE NEXT FEW DAYS WHICH PUSHES THE JET
AND STRONGER MID LEVEL FLOW AWAY FROM THE AREA. THE RIDGE WILL BE
MOIST WITH DAILY CONVECTION AND A MODERATE HAZARD OF FLASH FLOODING
IN THE SOUTHERN AREAS.

SLC 1111  CDC 1111 GIBSON

.SLC...SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 500 PM FOR NORTHWEST
GARFIELD COUNTY.
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 2:49 PM MST, 2 hours 26 minutes before
IDZ024-025-UTZ001>021-WYZ021-091300-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
350 PM MDT FRI AUG  8 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN TWO-THIRDS OF
UTAH...EXTREME SOUTHEAST IDAHO AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST WYOMING

.DAY ONE... TODAY

THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN UTAH ARE PRODUCING LOCAL HEAVY RAIN.
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF FLASH FLOOD THOUGH THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH THE POTENTIAL
FOR FLASH FLOODING...MAINLY OVER SOUTHERN UTAH.

WCJIN-WYSW

The radar

The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 159 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:13 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Uinta

When
August 8, 5:15 PM MST
Where
Uinta County, Evanston
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
41.288, -110.548 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Large hail fell on a swath from east of Evanston to Mountain View. The hail covered the ground, with the largest hailstone reported at 0.88 inches.

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.

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: 5379841.