Thunderstorm Wind in Hot Springs County, Wyoming

Thunderstorm Wind August 2, 2016 · Hot Springs County, Wyoming

74 mph

Measured gust (64 kt)

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Two power poles were snapped three to four feet off the ground and a large cottonwood tree was toppled along State Highway 170 west of the junction with State Highway 120 northwest of Thermopolis. The thunderstorm outflow winds were measured at 63 mph at the Hot Springs County Airport and 74 mph at a mesonet station in Thermopolis.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms over northern Fremont and western Hot Springs counties generated a nearly 60-mile long eastward-moving outflow boundary. The boundary formed in an environment characterized by large temperature-dew point spreads of 45F to nearly 60F. The resulting damaging wind gusts exceeded 70 mph, which toppled a large cottonwood tree and snapped two power poles in Hot Springs County.

Began near Hamilton Dome (43.7136, -108.3897).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 644684. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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