Hail in Wyoming, July 1, 2015

Name: Hail in Wyoming, July 1, 2015
Start: 2015-07-01T19:35
End: 2015-07-01T19:40
Location: Wyoming

July 1, 2015 · NWS CYS · 1 event in 1 county or zone

An evening thunderstorm produced large hail over southern Goshen County.

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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.

An evening thunderstorm produced large hail over southern Goshen County.

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 1, 4:42 PM MST, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 4:42 PM MST, 2 hours 53 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
542 PM MDT WED JUL 1 2015

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 254 PM MDT WED JUL 1 2015

WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION OVER THE MTNS OF SE WY AT THIS TIME
WITH A GENERAL SOUTHEASTERLY MOVEMENT. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO
CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING...GRADUALLY SPREADING EASTWARD OVER THE
PLAINS AIDED BY AN APPROACHING IMPULSE IN THE UPPER FLOW.
ACTIVITY LOOKS LIKE IT SHOULD PERSIST MUCH OF THE NIGHT OVER THE
NORTHEAST PARTS OF THE CWA AS THE IMPULSE MOVES BY AND HAVE
TAILORED POPS IN THIS DIRECTION.

OVERALL WEATHER PATTERN DOES NOT CHANGE MUCH THURSDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY WITH THE CWA UNDER A NWLY FLOW ALOFT. A WEAK FRONT WILL
DROP SOUTH ACROSS THE PLAINS OVERNIGHT LEAVING A MODEST UPSLOPE
FLOW IN ITS WAKE THURSDAY ALONG WITH A BIT COOLER TEMPS.
CONVECTION SHOULD FIRE ONCE AGAIN OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN THURSDAY
AFTERNOON THEN SPREAD OVER THE PLAINS INTO THE EVENING BEFORE
DISSIPATING/MOVING OUT. SFC HIGH OVER THE PLAINS SLIPS EASTWARD
FRIDAY REDUCING THE UPSLOPE FLOW BUT SHOULD ONCE AGAIN SEE
CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY INITIATE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. A LITTLE
MORE NORTHERLY COMPONENT TO THE UPPER FLOW SHOULD KEEP THIS
ACTIVITY MORE OVER SE WY HOWEVER.

.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 254 PM MDT WED JUL 1 2015

ACTIVE AND WET PATTERN IN THE LONG TERM WITH PRECIP CHANCES JUST
ABOUT EVERYDAY.

STARTING OFF SATURDAY...UPPER RIDGE OVERHEAD WITH A 591DM HIGH
CENTERED NEAR THE 4 CORNERS AREA. PERHAPS OUR DRIEST
DAY...CONVECTION SHOULD BE CONFINED MAINLY TO THE MOUNTAINS OUT
WEST.

STRONG AND ABNORMALLY COOL SHORTWAVE STILL ON TRACK FOR SUNDAY
INTO MONDAY. SHORTWAVE MOVES OUT OF ALBERTA PROVINCE SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. 700MB TEMPERATURES DROP FROM +20C SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...TO +12C SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENTUALLY +8C MONDAY
AFTERNOON. ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT LOOKS TO MOVE INTO THE
AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON. GFS AND ECMWF VERY SIMILAR ON SOLUTIONS FOR
THE FRONT TIMING. PRETTY STRONG 850MB WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT OUT
IN WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. COULD BE SEEING
WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA BEING MET SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE
EVENING HOURS AS ECMWF 850MB WINDS 35 TO 40KTS BEHIND THE FRONT.

WIDESPREAD STRATIFORM RAIN LIKELY MONDAY WITH EAST TO NORTHEAST
UPSLOPE WINDFLOW. FOR NOW...KEPT PRECIP CONVECTIVE...BUT IF THIS
PATTERN CONTINUES...WILL PROBABLY NEED TO SWITCH TO STRATIFORM IN
LATER FORECASTS.

MODELS CONTINUE TO HINT AT THE MONSOON SETTING UP OVER THE DESERT
SOUTHWEST FROM MONDAY ON INTO THE WEEK. NOT REALLY LIKING THE
SETUP OF THE 500MB HIGH THOUGH...ITS NOT IN THE RIGHT LOCATION FOR
US TO GET WIDESPREAD RAINS OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE ON EITHER THE GFS OR ECMWF. WILL NEED TO WAIT FOR A
LITTLE BETTER CONSISTENCY IN GUIDANCE BEFORE UPPING POPS FURTHER.

ECMWF DOES SHOW ANOTHER CANADIAN COLD FRONT APPROACHING NORTHERN
WYOMING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. COULD BE OUR NEXT SEVERE CONVECTIVE
EVENT AS 70KT JET MOVES INTO THE AREA WITH FAVORABLE LFQ DYNAMICS.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 537 PM MDT WED JUL 1 2015

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE WYOMING TAF SITES THROUGH 02Z
PRODUCING LOCALIZED MVFR...WIND GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS AND LOCALIZED
TURBULENCE...OTHERWISE VFR.

LOCALIZED MVFR IN SHOWERS FROM 07Z TO 14Z ACROSS THE NEBRASKA
TAFS ALONG WITH FOG...OTHERWISE VFR.

VFR AFTER DAYBREAK THURSDAY WITH ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED
AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALIZED MVFR AND WIND GUSTS
TO 45 KNOTS.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
ISSUED AT 254 PM MDT WED JUL 1 2015

NO CONCERNS SEEN FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK WITH FUELS GREEN AND
WEATHER CONDITIONS REMAINING NON-CRITICAL OVERALL. THERE WILL BE
WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOST DAYS...MAINLY IN
THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS BUT DRY LIGHTNING NOT EXPECTED.
WETTING RAINS LIKELY WHERE STRONGER STORMS OCCUR.

&&

.CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WY...NONE.
NE...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...RE
LONG TERM...GCC
AVIATION...RUBIN
FIRE WEATHER...RE

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 9:47 AM MST, 9 hours 48 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1047 AM MDT WED JUL 1 2015

WYZ101>119-021115-
CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NIOBRARA COUNTY-
NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-
SHIRLEY BASIN-CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY-
EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-
NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTHWEST CARBON COUNTY-
SIERRA MADRE RANGE-UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN-SNOWY RANGE-
LARAMIE VALLEY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-
CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY-
1047 AM MDT WED JUL 1 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE
THIS EVENING AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH THE
REGION. ONCE STORMS DEVELOP...MOVEMENT WILL BE TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST
AT AROUND 30 MPH. A FEW STORMS WILL LINGER OVERNIGHT BEFORE ENDING
LATE. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME STRONG PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND
GUSTY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AND
AGAIN SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PLAINS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-021115-
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-
1047 AM MDT WED JUL 1 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN
NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. ONCE
STORMS DEVELOP...MOVEMENT WILL BE TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND
30 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER OVERNIGHT BEFORE ENDING LATE.
SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME STRONG CONTAINING SMALL HAIL AND
GUSTY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AND
AGAIN SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PLAINS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 1, 6:52 PM MST, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
752 PM MDT WED JUL 01 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0748 PM     HAIL             5 WSW GLENROCK          42.83N 105.95W
07/01/2015  M1.75 INCH       CONVERSE           WY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT MILE MARKER 167 ALONG INTERSTATE
            25.

&&

RUBIN

Local storm report, Jul 1, 6:58 PM MST, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
758 PM MDT WED JUL 01 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0757 PM     HAIL             GLENROCK                42.86N 105.86W
07/01/2015  E1.00 INCH       CONVERSE           WY   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

FINCH

Local storm report, Jul 1, 7:03 PM MST, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
803 PM MDT WED JUL 01 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0800 PM     TSTM WND GST     GLENROCK                42.86N 105.86W
07/01/2015  E70 MPH          CONVERSE           WY   PUBLIC

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

&&

RUBIN

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 7:04 PM MST, 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
804 PM MDT WED JUL 1 2015

NEZ003-019-096-020245-
SOUTH SIOUX NE-SCOTTS BLUFF NE-BOX BUTTE NE-
804 PM MDT WED JUL 1 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN SIOUX...SOUTHWESTERN
BOX BUTTE AND NORTHEASTERN SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM MDT...

AT 804 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKE
ALICE TO NEAR MORRILL...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...MITCHELL...TERRYTOWN...MORRILL...LAKE ALICE...
SCOTTS BLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT...KILPATRICK LAKE...SCOTTSBLUFF
AIRPORT...LAKE MINATARE AND LAKE MINATARE CAMPGROUND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4214 10322 4178 10362 4200 10399 4225 10377
TIME...MOT...LOC 0204Z 298DEG 18KT 4212 10371 4204 10391

HAMMER

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 7:08 PM MST, 27 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
808 PM MDT WED JUL 1 2015

NEZ021-020300-
MORRILL NE-
808 PM MDT WED JUL 1 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN MORRILL COUNTY UNTIL 900
PM MDT...

AT 808 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
ANGORA...OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALLIANCE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ANGORA AND THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 385 AND L62.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4165 10266 4178 10321 4180 10322 4200 10314
      4200 10309 4195 10268 4179 10268 4174 10266
      4174 10264 4165 10264
TIME...MOT...LOC 0208Z 282DEG 30KT 4189 10302

FINCH

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 7:31 PM MST, 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
831 PM MDT WED JUL 1 2015

WYZ101-020315-
CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS WY-
831 PM MDT WED JUL 1 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CONVERSE COUNTY
UNTIL 915 PM MDT...

AT 831 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12
MILES SOUTHEAST OF EDGERTON...OR 36 MILES NORTHEAST OF CASPER...
MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN
CONVERSE COUNTY.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4341 10592 4304 10570 4295 10605 4303 10608
      4338 10607
TIME...MOT...LOC 0231Z 340DEG 19KT 4332 10603

HAMMER

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:33 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Goshen

When: July 1, 7:35 PM MST to 7:40 PM MST
Where: Goshen County, 15.73 mi WSW of Wycross
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 41.610, -104.480

Quarter size hail was observed nine miles northwest of Meriden.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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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: 582436.