Thunderstorm Wind, Weston
- When
- June 4, 1:15 AM MST
- Where
- Weston County, 1 mi W of Newcastle
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 43.850, -104.240
Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
Damaging Wind in Wyoming, June 4, 2015
An early morning severe thunderstorm produced wind gusts around 60 mph in the Newcastle area.
Where it happened
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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 UNR wrote it up.
An early morning severe thunderstorm produced wind gusts around 60 mph in the Newcastle area.
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 Jun 3, 10:48 PM MST, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 10:48 PM MST, 2 hours 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 1148 PM MDT WED JUN 3 2015 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 1147 PM MDT WED JUN 3 2015 LATE NIGHT UPDATE TO BOOST POPS AND MENTION HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THE LARGE COMPLEX OF INTENSE CONVECTION MOVING NEWD OUT OF ERN WY INTO WRN SD. UPDATE ISSUED AT 854 PM MDT WED JUN 3 2015 TORNADIC THREAT ESSENTIALLY OVER FOR NERN WY SO HAVE ALLOWED THE WATCH TO EXPIRE. WDSPRD CONVECTION MOVING THROUGH ERN WY WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT THROUGH WRN SD TONIGHT. A FEW STRONGER TO ISOLD SVR STORMS POSSIBLE BUT OVERALL SVR THREAT IS RATHER LOW. HEAVY RAIN AGAIN POSSIBLE WITH STRONGER STORMS AND WILL NEED TO MONITOR THIS CLOSELY. && .SHORT TERM...THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT ISSUED AT 340 PM MDT WED JUN 3 2015 CURRENT SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS COOL FRONT SOUTH OF THE REGION NOW...ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. HIGH PRESSURE IS CENTERED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA. UPPER LEVEL ANALYSIS CONTINUES TO SHOW WEAK RIDGING OVER THE PLAINS...WITH LONG WAVE TROF ALONG THE WEST COAST. WEST-SOUTHWEST FLOW REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE ROCKIES AND HIGH PLAINS. THE NEXT DISTURBANCE IS NOTED ON WATER VAPOR ACROSS SOUTHERN WY AND NORTHERN CO. SKIES ARE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY ACROSS THE AREA. REGIONAL RADARS SHOW STORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF WY...BUT STILL HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING OFF THE MOUNTAINS AT THIS TIME. TEMPS ARE MOSTLY IN THE MID 60S TO MID 70S. GENERAL UNSETTLED PATTERN WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AS A WESTERN CONUS TROF REMAINS IN PLACE AND SENDS DISTURBANCES ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH AT LEAST THE WEEKEND. THE FIRST OF THESE DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST TONIGHT. THE MAIN DYNAMICS WITH THIS WAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN WY...SOUTHEAST MT...AND INTO NORTHWEST SD LATE TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCES FOR PCPN WILL BE OVER NORTHEAST WY INTO PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST SD OVERNIGHT/EARLY THURSDAY. THE BEST INSTABILITY AT THIS TIME AND INTO THE EVENING WILL BE OVER NORTHEAST WY...WHERE A TORNADO WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY SEVERE STORMS...WITH AN ISOLATED TORNADO ALSO POSSIBLE. ANOTHER CONCERN IS LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IF SUPERCELLS DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY OVER THE CAMPBELL COUNTY WY AREA...WHERE MOTION IS PROJECTED TO BE VERY SLOW. WEAKER ENERGY ALOFT WILL INTERACT WITH THE FRONT AND STRONGER INSTABILITY TO THE SOUTH OF THE CWA TONIGHT...BRINGING AN EXPECTED MCS ACROSS NEB OVERNIGHT AS ACTIVITY MOVES OUT OF CO AND WY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA LATER TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL CROSS THE AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS EXPECTED. INSTABILITY WILL BE SUFFICIENT ENOUGH FOR POTENTIAL STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS OVER AT LEAST NORTHEAST WY AND SOUTHWEST SD IF THERE IS ENOUGH HEATING DURING THE DAY. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE 60S AND LOWER 70S. .LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ISSUED AT 340 PM MDT WED JUN 3 2015 UPPER LOW EXPECTED OVER THE WESTERN US BY THE END OF THE WEEK LEAVING SPLIT FLOW WITH ACTIVE NORTHERN STREAM. LOW LEVEL BAROCLINIC ZONE WILL BE DRAPED ACROSS MT INTO WY/SD THROUGH THE PERIOD WHICH WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR ACTIVE/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AT LEAST THROUGH SATURDAY AS SEVERAL DISTURBANCES MOVE THROUGH. SYSTEM WEAKENS AS UPPER LEVEL RIDGE SLOWLY MOVES INTO THE AREA FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH DIMINISHING TSRA CHANCES AND WARMING TEMPERATURES. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z THURSDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1116 PM MDT WED JUN 3 2015 SHRA/TSRA WILL SPREAD NE THROUGH THE AREA WITH AREAS OF MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS IN HEAVIER PCPN. RATHER WDSPRD MFVR/IFR STRATUS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF THE AREA LATER TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO THURSDAY MRNG BEFORE SLOWLY DISSIPATING. MVFR CIGS MAY PERSIST AROUND THE BLACK HILLS THROUGH MUCH OF THUR GIVEN MOIST SE FLOW. && .UNR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...NONE. WY...NONE. && UPDATE...JOHNSON SHORT TERM...26 LONG TERM...HELGESON AVIATION...JC
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 6:30 AM MST, 18 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 730 AM MDT WED JUN 3 2015 SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058- 071-041300- HARDING-PERKINS-BUTTE-NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-ZIEBACH- NORTHERN BLACK HILLS-NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-RAPID CITY- SOUTHERN FOOT HILLS-CENTRAL BLACK HILLS-SOUTHERN BLACK HILLS- CUSTER CO PLAINS-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-HAAKON-FALL RIVER-SHANNON- JACKSON-BENNETT-MELLETTE-TODD-TRIPP-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS- SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS-NORTHERN CAMPBELL- SOUTHERN CAMPBELL-WESTERN CROOK-WYOMING BLACK HILLS-WESTON- NORTHEASTERN CROOK- 730 AM MDT WED JUN 3 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEASTERN WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ACROSS NORTHEASTERN WYOMING AND FAR SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. HIGH STREAM FLOWS WITH SOME MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON SOME CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE BLACK HILLS AND THE ADJACENT PLAINS. SOME OF THE STORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...WHICH COULD AGGRAVATE FLOODING CONDITIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER VARIOUS PARTS OF THE AREA EACH DAY FROM THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY...AND HEAVY RAIN MAY WORSEN FLOODING CONDITIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES... OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RAPIDCITY
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 7:44 PM MST, 5 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
844 PM MDT WED JUN 3 2015
WYZ056-040315-
WESTERN CROOK WY-
844 PM MDT WED JUN 3 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN CROOK COUNTY UNTIL
915 PM MDT...
AT 843 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
MOORCROFT...OR 24 MILES EAST OF GILLETTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOORCROFT...PINE HAVEN AND KEYHOLE RESERVOIR.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 IN WYOMING BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 149 AND
166.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
WYOMING.
LAT...LON 4451 10494 4431 10463 4418 10497 4431 10509
4433 10509
TIME...MOT...LOC 0243Z 209DEG 21KT 4431 10499
AWARDSpecial weather statement, Jun 3, 8:12 PM MST, 5 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 912 PM MDT WED JUN 3 2015 WYZ056-057-040400- WYOMING BLACK HILLS WY-WESTERN CROOK WY- 912 PM MDT WED JUN 3 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL CROOK COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM MDT... AT 912 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CARLILE...OR 17 MILES WEST OF SUNDANCE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HULETT...CARLILE...DEVILS TOWER JUNCTION...DEVILS TOWER NATIONAL MONUMENT...WARREN PEAK AND NORTHEASTERN KEYHOLE RESERVOIR. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 IN WYOMING BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 196 AND 197. LAT...LON 4434 10474 4443 10484 4471 10464 4449 10421 TIME...MOT...LOC 0312Z 224DEG 21KT 4444 10473 AWARD
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 8:30 PM MST, 4 hours 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 930 PM MDT WED JUN 3 2015 WYZ057-040400- WYOMING BLACK HILLS WY- 930 PM MDT WED JUN 3 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN CROOK COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM MDT... AT 929 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER INYAN KARA MOUNTAIN...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF SUNDANCE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SUNDANCE...MOSKEE AND INYAN KARA MOUNTAIN. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 IN WYOMING BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 187 AND 190. LAT...LON 4418 10437 4427 10450 4444 10435 4431 10405 TIME...MOT...LOC 0329Z 223DEG 24KT 4423 10438 AWARD
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 9:59 PM MST, 3 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 1059 PM MDT WED JUN 3 2015 WYZ055-040545- SOUTHERN CAMPBELL WY- 1059 PM MDT WED JUN 3 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN CAMPBELL COUNTY UNTIL 1145 PM MDT... AT 1059 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LINCH...OR 29 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WRIGHT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PINE TREE JUNCTION AND PUMPKIN BUTTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 4376 10602 4382 10577 4350 10554 4350 10602 TIME...MOT...LOC 0459Z 248DEG 24KT 4354 10602 AWARD
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 10:38 PM MST, 2 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 1138 PM MDT WED JUN 3 2015 WYZ055-058-040630- SOUTHERN CAMPBELL WY-WESTON WY- 1138 PM MDT WED JUN 3 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN CAMPBELL AND SOUTHWESTERN WESTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 AM MDT... AT 1137 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF WRIGHT TO 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF BILL...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WRIGHT...RENO JUNCTION AND ROCHELLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 4413 10503 4350 10483 4350 10564 4394 10575 TIME...MOT...LOC 0537Z 253DEG 32KT 4380 10565 4339 10553 AWARD
Local storm report, Jun 3, 11:09 PM MST, 2 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
1209 AM MDT THU JUN 04 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1155 PM TSTM WND GST 17 WSW WRIGHT 43.62N 105.79W
06/03/2015 M62 MPH CAMPBELL WY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
&&
JCThe radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 117 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:16 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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Colorado, June 4 to 5, 2015
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Nebraska, June 4 to 12, 2015
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Wyoming, June 4, 2015
- Flooding in Nebraska, June 4 to 18, 2015
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Nebraska, June 4, 2015
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Kansas, June 4 to 6, 2015
- Flooding in South Dakota, June 4 to 8, 2015
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 4, 2015
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 4, 2015
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Missouri, June 4, 2015
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 4, 2015
- Hail in Nebraska, June 4, 2015
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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: 570126.