Name: Hail in Wyoming, July 12, 2022
Start: 2022-07-12T14:10
End: 2022-07-12T14:10
Location: Wyoming

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 CYS wrote it up.

An isolated severe thunderstorm produced quarter sized hail in western Laramie County during the mid afternoon hours on July 12th.

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 12, 10:38 AM MST, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 10:38 AM MST, 3 hours 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 5:45 AM MST, 8 hours 25 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
645 AM MDT Tue Jul 12 2022

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101>119-131245-
Dawes County-Box Butte County-Scotts Bluff County-Banner County-
Morrill County-Kimball County-Cheyenne County-
Northern Sioux County-Southern Sioux County-
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-
645 AM MDT Tue Jul 12 2022

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of panhandle
Nebraska...east central Wyoming...south central Wyoming and
southeast Wyoming.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

Isolated showers and thunderstorms will be possible across the
region this afternoon and evening. Widespread severe weather is
not expected. However, some storms may contain small hail and
gusty winds in excess of 50 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

Daily chances for showers and thunderstorms will exist through the
weekend into early next week.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotter activation will not be needed. However, spotters are
always encouraged to report significant weather to the National
Weather Service in Cheyenne.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 1:53 PM MST, 17 minutes before

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The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 16 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:09 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Laramie

When: July 12, 2:10 PM MST
Where: Laramie County, 5.27 mi NNE of Emkay
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 41.150, -105.000

Quarter sized hail was reported 7 miles west of Warren Air Force Base.

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

More

Every storm in Wyoming in 2022 Every state in 2022 This day in weather history Warnings in Wyoming, July 2022

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: 1041793.