Thunderstorm Wind, Campbell
- When
- May 31, 4:45 PM MST
- Where
- Campbell County, 9.32 mi SSE of Gillette
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 44.160, -105.450
Wind-driven small hail damaged plants.
Damaging Wind in Wyoming, May 31, 2014
A severe thunderstorm produced strong wind gusts and hail to areas south of Gillette.
Where it happened
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- Wind
- Hail
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
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- 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 happened
The episode as NWS UNR wrote it up.
A severe thunderstorm produced strong wind gusts and hail to areas south of Gillette.
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 Rapid City, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 31, 4:34 PM MST, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 31, 4:34 PM MST, 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 534 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014 .SHORT TERM...THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT ISSUED AT 152 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014 WATER VAPOR SHOWS UPPER WAVE MOVING THROUGH ERN SD...WITH SUBSIDENCE REGION ACROSS NERN WY/WRN SD. NEXT UPSTREAM TROF MOVING QUICKLY OUT OF THE NRN/CNTRL ROCKIES. AT THE SFC...LOW IS DEEPENING OVER CNTRL WY WITH INVERTED TROF EXTENDING INTO ERN MT...WITH RETURN FLOW ACROSS THE WRN 2/3RDS OF OUR CWFA. THIS AFTN/TONIGHT...LAPS ANALYSIS SHOWS CIN HAS MOSTLY ERODED WITH MLCAPES IN THE 1000-2000J/KG RANGE ACRS OUR WRN HALF OF ZONES EARLY THIS AFTN...AND A LITTLE HIGHER IN SERN MT. CU WITH VERTICAL EXTENT BEGINNING TO DEVELOP JUST WEST OF OUR CWFA. EXPECT A LINE OF CONVECTION TO DEVELOP WITHIN THIS CU AND PUSH INTO OUR NERN WY ZONES BY MID/LATE AFTN...THEN INTO FAR WRN SD EARLY THIS EVE. EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR IS STILL NOT OVERALL IMPRESSIVE IN OUR WRN ZONES...BUT SHOULD INCREASE AS UPPER WAVE MOVES IN LATER THIS AFTN ALLOWING MORE SUPERCELL POTENTIAL. MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINS GIVEN PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OF 150-200% NORMAL. LOW LEVEL SHEAR LOOKS TOO WEAK FOR ANY SUBSTANTIAL TORNADO THREAT IN OUR CWFA. CONVECTION SHOULD WEAKEN IN INTENSITY SOMEWHAT AS IT MOVES FURTHER EAST ONTO THE SD PLAINS BY MID EVE...ALTHOUGH WDSPRD SHOWERS/TSTMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO PROGRESS EWD OVERNIGHT. SUNDAY...MAIN UPPER TROF WILL FINALLY SHIFT THROUGH THE NRN PLAINS. BEST SVR THREAT SHOULD BE LIMITED TO OUR SWRN/SCNTRL SD ZONES...WITH NW WINDS DRAWING SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR INTO THE CWFA FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY. PCPN CHANCES WILL DIMINISH SIGNIFICANTLY SUNDAY NIGHT. && .LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ISSUED AT 152 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014 A FEW SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER INTO MONDAY BEFORE A WEAK RIDGE PUSHES INTO THE AREA...BRINGING DRY CONDITIONS FOR MONDAY NIGHT. UNSETTLED PATTERN THEN RE-DEVELOPS TUESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK AS A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES PUSH THROUGH W/SWRLY FLOW ALOFT...BRINGING MORE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS/STORMS. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR AVERAGE. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SUNDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 532 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014 THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING...PARTICULARLY OVER NORTHEAST WYOMING AND FAR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE ESP OVER NE WY. MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN LATER TONIGHT AS FOG/LOW CIGS REDEVELOP ACROSS THE SD PLAINS. && .UNR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...NONE. WY...NONE. && SHORT TERM...JOHNSON LONG TERM...13 AVIATION...JC
Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 3:27 AM MST, 13 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 427 AM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014 SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058- 071-011400- BENNETT-BUTTE-CENTRAL BLACK HILLS-CUSTER CO PLAINS-FALL RIVER-HAAKON- HARDING-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS-JACKSON-MELLETTE-NORTHEASTERN CROOK- NORTHERN BLACK HILLS-NORTHERN CAMPBELL-NORTHERN FOOT HILLS- NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-PERKINS-RAPID CITY- SHANNON-SOUTHERN BLACK HILLS-SOUTHERN CAMPBELL-SOUTHERN FOOT HILLS- SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS-TODD-TRIPP- WESTERN CROOK-WESTON-WYOMING BLACK HILLS-ZIEBACH- 427 AM MDT (527 AM CDT) SAT MAY 31 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEASTERN WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHEAST WYOMING THIS AFTERNOON...AND SPREAD INTO WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. HOWEVER...DAMAGING WIND AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY SUNDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE POSSIBLE TODAY. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES... OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RAPIDCITY
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 209 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:45 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
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- Tornado and Hail in Wyoming, May 31, 2014
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- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wyoming, May 31, 2014
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 31, 2014
- Flash Flooding in Minnesota, May 31, 2014
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 31, 2014
- Flash Flooding in South Carolina, May 31, 2014
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, May 2014
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: 515997.