Hail, Niobrara
- When
- July 26, 6:46 PM MST
- Where
- Niobrara County, Lusk
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 42.770, -104.450
Hail in Wyoming, July 26, 2008
A severe thunderstorm produced some hail in Lusk, Wyoming.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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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 happened
The episode as NWS CYS wrote it up.
A severe thunderstorm produced some hail in Lusk, Wyoming.
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 Jul 26, 12:40 PM MST, 6 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 12:40 PM MST, 6 hours 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 140 PM MDT SAT JUL 26 2008 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN TODAY...WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MODEL SOUNDINGS CONTINUE TO INDICATE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE DECREASING THROUGH THE DAY...AND HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE RESULT. THEREFORE HAIL WILL BE LESS OF A THREAT TODAY AND TONIGHT THAN WAS PRESENT FRIDAY...BUT ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER INCLUDED NIOBRARA COUNTY AND THE NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE IN THE SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT...BUT THINK THAT ANY SEVERE CONDITIONS WILL BE ISOLATED AS BETTER DYNAMICS APPEAR TO REMAIN JUST EAST AND NORTHEAST OF THE FORECAST AREA. SKIES WILL GENERALLY CLEAR TONIGHT WITH PRECIPITATION CHANCES DIMINISHING BY MIDNIGHT. WITH THE SURFACE LOW MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO CENTRAL NEBRASKA OVERNIGHT...TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. FOR SUNDAY...THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA BUT FLOW ALOFT WILL BECOME MORE SOUTHWESTERLY DUE TO THE UPPER LEVEL SHORT-WAVE DISTURBANCE MOVING ONSHORE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. AT THIS TIME WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION ISOLATED HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS AS MODEL SOUNDINGS CONTINUE TO INDICATE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE MIXING OUT CREATING THE MAIN THREAT OF GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS. FOR MONDAY...THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CANADIAN BORDER AND SMALLER RIPPLES IN THE UPPER FLOW WILL MOVE OVER WYOMING AND NORTHERN COLORADO TRIGGERING SCATTERED MOUNTAIN SHOWERS. SOME OF THESE SHOWERS MAY BE HEAVY WITH THE POTENTIAL CONTINUING FOR ENHANCED MOISTURE FROM WHAT WAS HURRICANE DOLLY. .LONG TERM...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE MONDAY EVENING PRIMARILY OVER THE SE PART OF THE CWA WITH ACTIVITY GRADUALLY ENDING. CONVECTION SHOULD BE MORE ISOLATED ACROSS MAINLY THE ERN CWA TUESDAY AS UPPER RIDGING BEGINS TO BUILD OVER THE REGION AND INCREASE CAPPING OF THE ATMOSPHERE. REMAINDER OF THE WEEK LOOKS TO BE QUITE WARM AND MAINLY DRY AS UPPER HIGH BUILDS A LITTLE MORE AS WELL AS SHIFTS NORTHWARD OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKY MOUNTAINS. WEAK SFC FRONT MAY SAG ACROSS THE ERN CWA THURSDAY BUT EXPECT LITTLE EFFECT FROM THIS OTHER THAN POSSIBLY ENHANCING CONVECTION OVER THE FAR SOUTHERN CWA THURSDAY AFTERNOON. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH GUSTY WINDS WILL BE PRESENT IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THROUGH AROUND 03Z TONIGHT. && .CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WY...NONE. NE...NONE. && SHORT TERM/AVIATION...SJC LONG TERM....RE
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 9:06 AM MST, 9 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1006 AM MDT SAT JUL 26 2008 NEZ019>021-054-055-WYZ059-061>067-069-070-271615- SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-CONVERSE- SOUTHWEST CARBON-NORTH CARBON-SNOWY RANGE-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE- LARAMIE VALLEY-LARAMIE RANGE-PLATTE-CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS- PINE BLUFFS- 1006 AM MDT SAT JUL 26 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. SINCE THE DEGREE OF ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY WILL BE LESS THAN FRIDAY...SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...A FEW STORMS WILL STILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AND MONDAY...AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE NEZ001>003-WYZ060-068-271615- SIOUX-DAWES-BOX BUTTE-NIOBRARA-GOSHEN- 1006 AM MDT SAT JUL 26 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY WILL BE SLIGHTLY LESS THAN FRIDAY...A COUPLE OF VERY HIGH BASED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 26, 3:32 PM MST, 3 hours 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
432 PM MDT SAT JUL 26 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0414 PM TSTM WND GST LARAMIE 41.31N 105.58W
07/26/2008 M64 MPH ALBANY WY ASOS
&&
SRUBINSpecial weather statement, Jul 26, 4:01 PM MST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 501 PM MDT SAT JUL 26 2008 WYZ059>070-270200- CONVERSE-NIOBRARA-SOUTHWEST CARBON-NORTH CARBON-SNOWY RANGE- NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY-LARAMIE RANGE-PLATTE-GOSHEN- CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS-PINE BLUFFS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...LUSK...RAWLINS... HANNA...MEDICINE BOW...CENTENNIAL...GARRETT...LARAMIE...BUFORD... HORSE CREEK...WHEATLAND...GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON...CHEYENNE... PINE BLUFFS 501 PM MDT SAT JUL 26 2008 ...STRONG AND BRIEF WIND GUSTS EXPECTED FROM SOME THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY EVENING... YOU CAN EXPECT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SHORT DURATION WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. AT 414 PM MDT...A WEAK THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED A BRIEF WIND GUST TO 64 MPH AT LARAMIE. RUBIN
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 5:20 PM MST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 620 PM MDT SAT JUL 26 2008 WYZ060-270130- NIOBRARA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LUSK 620 PM MDT SAT JUL 26 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTH CENTRAL NIOBRARA COUNTY... AT 620 PM...RADAR SHOWED A STRONG STORM ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF LUSK...OR NEAR THE TOWN OF MANVILLE. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. IT WILL REACH THE LUSK AREA AROUND BETWEEN 645 AND 7 PM.
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 182 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:47 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
- Flood in New Mexico, July 26 to 28, 2008
- Rip Currents in New York, July 26, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 26, 2008
- Heat in Nevada, July 26, 2008
- Hail in Kansas, July 26, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 26 to 27, 2008
- Hail in Pennsylvania, July 26, 2008
- Flash Flooding in New Mexico, July 26 to 27, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, July 26 to 27, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 26, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 26, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 26, 2008
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, July 2008
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: 107331.