Hail, Johnson
- When
- September 12, 3:50 PM MST to 3:55 PM MST
- Where
- Johnson County, 13 mi SSE of Buffalo
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 44.176, -106.600
Hail in Wyoming, September 12, 2025
A thunderstorm developed in the lee of the Bighorns and became severe as it moved eastward. A trained spotter reported quarter-sized hail to the southeast of Buffalo.
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 RIW wrote it up.
A thunderstorm developed in the lee of the Bighorns and became severe as it moved eastward. A trained spotter reported quarter-sized hail to the southeast of Buffalo.
The radar
The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 195 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:47 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.
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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: 1294305.