Thunderstorm Wind, Carbon
- When
- June 28, 2:40 PM MST
- Where
- Carbon County, 20 mi N of Baggs
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 42.317, -107.667
Damaging Wind in Wyoming, June 28, 2005
1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Cheyenne, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 28, 12:50 PM MST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 12:50 PM MST, 1 hour 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 150 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2005 .SHORT TERM...PAC NW UPPER TROF KICKING OUT DESERT SW UPPER LOW AND EJECTING IT NE. THIS WILL CROSS THE REGION LATER THIS EVENING WITH INCREASING CONVECTION NOW MOVING INTO WRN PARTS OF THE CWA. EXPECT SHOWERS AND TSTRMS TO CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE CWA THRU THIS EVENING AS SYSTEM NEARS WITH BEST CHC FOR STRONG STORMS OVER THE PANHANDLE WHERE BETTER MOISTURE EXISTS. LATER TONIGHT FIRST UPPER TROF SHIFTS ACROSS REGION AND PUSHES PACIFIC FRONT ACROSS THE CWA WITH SFC DOWNSLOPE FLOW EXPECTED TO END CONVECTION OVER THE PLAINS BY MORNING. OUT WEST SCTD SHOWERS SHOULD STILL REMAIN AS PAC NW UPPER TROF MOVES ACROSS. 2ND UPPER TROF MOVES ACROSS WEDS AFTN WITH BEST CHC FOR SHOWERS OVER THE FAR NORTH PART OF THE CWA CLOSER TO UPPER SYSTEM. -RE- .LONG TERM...WED NGT INTO SAT...FLAT UPPER RIDGE SHIFTG OVER AREA WED NIGHT INTO THU MRNG WITH DRY AIRMASS OVER REGION. LOW LEVEL RETURN FLOW THU AFTN/EVNG WITH SOME INSTBLTY SHLD BE ENUF FOR SOME LATE DAY SHWRS/TSTMS FAR SE WY INTO SRN PART OF PNHNDL. DRIER AND WARMER CONDITIONS RETURN FOR FRI INTO SAT...WITH PERHAPS SOME LATE DAY TSTMS SAT MAINLY N AS WEAK CDFNT SLIPS INTO AREA...DRIVEN BY WEAK FLAT UPR TROF RIPPLING EWD ACRS MT/ND. SAT NGT THRU TUESDAY...FAST WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT AS OUR TYPICAL SUMMER PATTERN CONTINUES INTO EARLY JULY. PAC SHORTWAVE SKIRTS ACROSS US/CANADIAN BORDER SUNDAY AND MONDAY AND MAY KICK OFF A ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY FESTIVITIES BUT WAY TOO EARLY TO GIVE ANY SPECIFICS. SHORTWAVE DROPS A BOUNDARY THROUGH THE AREA TUESDAY MORNING WITH HIGH PRESSURE SETTLING SOUTHEASTWARD. TEMPS WILL CONTINUE ABOVE NORMAL WITH BELOW NORMAL CHANCES OF PRECIP. DEMKO && CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WY...NONE. NE...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 9:26 AM MST, 5 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1026 AM MDT TUE JUN 28 2005 WYZ061>066-291130- SOUTHWEST CARBON-NORTH CARBON-SNOWY RANGE-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE- LARAMIE VALLEY-LARAMIE RANGE- 1026 AM MDT TUE JUN 28 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD OVER LOWER ELEVATIONS BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE BUT THE STRONGER ONES MAY PRODUCE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AND MAINLY OVER THE SNOWY RANGE AND LARAMIE VALLEY ON THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. NEZ001>003-019>021-054-055-WYZ059-060-067>070-291130- SIOUX-DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL- CHEYENNE-CONVERSE-NIOBRARA-PLATTE-GOSHEN-CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS- PINE BLUFFS- 1026 AM MDT TUE JUN 28 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF EASTERN WYOMING BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD EAST OVER THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH THE EVENING. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS PRIMARILY FAVOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE STORMS BUT SOME HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE...MAINLY OVER THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A CHANCE FOR LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS OVER THE AREA MAINLY ON WEDNESDAY...THURSDAY AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 1:44 PM MST, 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 244 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2005 NEZ002>003-290400- BOX BUTTE-DAWES- 244 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2005 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 547 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA... IN NEBRASKA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES IN THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE BOX BUTTE... DAWES... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ALLIANCE AND CHADRON.
The radar
The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:42 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 28, 2005
- Lightning Strike in Kentucky, June 28, 2005
- Lightning Strike in Michigan, June 28, 2005
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Montana, June 28 to 29, 2005
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Ohio, June 28, 2005
- Flash Flood and Hail in Michigan, June 28, 2005
- Damaging Winds in New York, June 28, 2005
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, June 28, 2005
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Michigan, June 28, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 28, 2005
- Flood and Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 28, 2005
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 28, 2005
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, June 2005
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: 5454318.