Wyoming, 2003

Hail in Wyoming, June 2, 2003

June 2, 2003 · NWS RIW · 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 Riverton, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 2, 12:55 PM MST, 6 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 12:55 PM MST, 6 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
155 PM MDT MON JUN 2 2003

.TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...
NNW UPPER FLOW PERSISTING ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH ENTIRE PERIOD WITH
A SERIES OF S/WS DROPPING SE ACROSS AREA. INITIAL VIGOROUS S/W
DROPPING SE FROM MT THIS AFTERNOON. WOULD EXPECT MOST OF DEVELOPMENT
TO OCCUR JUST TO EAST OF AREA WHERE DYNAMICS MEET BETTER MOISTURE.
ANOTHER AREA POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR NORTH CLOSER TO VORT WHERE STORMS
ARE ALREADY BEGINNING TO FIRE IN YNP. LOW POPS LOOK OK FOR NE
SECTIONS FOR DIURNAL CONVECTION TUES AFTERNOON WITH PASSAGE OF WEAK
S/W. CHANCES TO CONTINUE FOR WED/THURS AS UPPER LOW DROPS SOUTH FROM
MT AND INTO NRN PLAINS. COOL DOWN ON TEMPS TO CONTINUE...WITH THE
STRONGEST CAA DEVELOPING BEHIND FRONTAL PASSAGE ON THURS.

.FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
ROCKIES REMAINING ON BACK SIDE OF UPPER TROF THROUGH SATURDAY WITH
ADDITIONAL PIECES OF ENERGY DROPPING SOUTH ACROSS AREA. THIS WILL
MAINTAIN THE DAILY CHCS FOR SHOWERS AND BELOW NORMAL TEMPS BEFORE
THE LAST IN THIS SERIES OF SYSTEMS MOVES THROUGH EARLY ON SAT. SUN
INTO MON FLOW TRANSITIONS TO MORE WSW AS TROF LIFTS INTO GREAT LAKES
AND WEAK RIDGING DEVELOPS ACROSS ROCKIES. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN DRY
AND WARMER CONDS.

.RIW...NONE.

FRIEDERS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 4:15 AM MST, 15 hours 25 minutes before
WYZ001>020-022>030-031300-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
515 AM MDT MON JUN 2 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

The radar

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 181 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:42 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Natrona

When
June 2, 7:40 PM MST to 7:55 PM MST
Where
Natrona County, 10 mi S of Casper
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
42.683, -106.317

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: 5366545.