Hail, Lincoln
- When
- June 18, 7:39 PM MST
- Where
- Lincoln County, Diamondville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 41.783, -110.533
Hail in Wyoming, June 18, 2004
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
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 18, 4:04 PM MST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 4:04 PM MST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 504 PM MDT FRI JUN 18 2004 .TODAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... UNSETTLED WEATHER IS THE BEST DESCRIPTOR THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. POSSIBLY STRONG CONVECTIVE CELLS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST WYOMING AND SOUTH CENTRAL IDAHO WILL PERSIST UNTIL AROUND 10 PM...AFTER WHICH TIME THE CELLS WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN AS THE SURFACE HEATING FACTOR IS LOST. THE WV LOOPS SHOW MOIST SW FLOW ALOFT EXTENDING FROM JUST OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST THROUGH THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ROCKIES. THAT FLOW AND LIFT WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS MAINLY OVER OUR WESTERN ZONES UNTIL MIDNIGHT...WHEN THE PRECIP WILL CHANGE TO SNOW OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS AND AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND THE LOWER ELEVATIONS THROUGH SATURDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH INCREASING PREFRONTAL WINDS AND ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS IS IN STORE FOR MONDAY WITH NEARLY ZONAL UPPER FLOW DEVELOPING AHEAD OF ANOTHER OFFSHORE PACIFIC TROUGH. .TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... DECREASING POPS FOR TUESDAY AS THE UPPER RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST AHEAD OF THE OFFSHORE TROUGH. THE LONG RANGE GFS WED-FRI KEEPS THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS TO OUR WEST WHICH MEANS NW FLOW ALOFT. HAVE GONE WITH DRY WX WED/THU FOR NOW. LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE N AND E ZONES FRIDAY NIGHT. AHEAD OF IT SOME INSTABILITY AND HAVE ADDED LOW POPS TO THE N/NE ZONES FRI PM AND EVE. LITTLE CHANGE IN HIGHS MON/TUE WITH A LITTLE WARMING WED-FRI. && .RIW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && CF/AR
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 4:00 AM MST, 15 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 500 AM MDT FRI JUN 18 2004 WYZ001>020-022>030-191100- ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-CASPER MOUNTAIN-CODY FOOTHILLS- EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY-FLAMING GORGE- GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE-JACKSON HOLE-LANDER FOOTHILLS- NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NORTH BIG HORN BASIN- NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS- ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES- SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHEAST BIG HORN BASIN- SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN-STAR VALLEY- TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS-UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN- UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN FOOTHILLS-UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN- WIND RIVER BASIN-WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST- YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK- 500 AM MDT FRI JUN 18 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MORNING SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED RAINFALL OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH WITH BRIEF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 8000 TO 9000 FEET. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN WESTERN WYOMING...SPREADING EAST OVERNIGHT. LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PEAKS GETTING 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP IN WESTERN WYOMING BY MIDDAY SATURDAY AND THEN SPREAD INTO CENTRAL WYOMING DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STRONGEST STORMS MAY CONTAIN MARBLE TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT ANY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER ONE HALF INCH...ANY HIGH WATER OR FLOODED ROADS...AND MOUNTAIN SNOWFALL. SKRBAC
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 18, 5:12 PM MST, 2 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
612 PM MDT FRI JUN 18 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0606 PM HAIL SMOOT 42.62N 110.92W
06/18/2004 1.25 INCH LINCOLN WY PUBLIC
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HAHNThe radar
The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 170 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:40 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strikes in Georgia, June 18, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 18, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Texas, June 18, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 18, 2004
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, June 18 to 19, 2004
- Flash Flood and High Wind in Utah, June 18, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, June 18 to 19, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Washington, June 18, 2004
- Hail in Colorado, June 18 to 19, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Arkansas, June 18, 2004
- Hail in Colorado, June 18, 2004
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, June 18, 2004
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, June 2004
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: 5407402.