Johnson storm history

The last in a series of thunderstorms on Wednesday, June 3, brought very heavy rain to Buffalo and the surrounding area. The ASOS at Johnson County Airport measured 0.98 inches of rain in less than 25 minutes as the storm moved north and then stalled over Buffalo. The ASOS record…

Wind gusts as high as 65 mph occurred at sensors near I-25 in southern Johnson County.

The public reported ping pong ball sized hail along Interstate 25 to the south of Buffalo.

The public reported penny sized hail at a gas station in Kaycee.

A sheephearders monument was blown down near Tabletop Mountain in the Bighorn Mountain Range. Wind measurements from nearby sensors and structure damage support a 60 to 75 mph wind speed estimate.

Wind gusts of 60 mph occurred at the Johnson County Airport.

A CWOP site in Buffalo reported a 65 mph wind gust. The ASOS at the Johnson County airport had a 60 mph gust.

A trained spotter reported hail up to quarter size that accumulated 1 to 2 inches on the ground.

A severe thunderstorm moved eastward across northern Johnson County and brought high wind gusts. Gusts as high as 73 mph occurred along Interstate 90 to the southeast of Buffalo. A 64 mph wind gust was measured at the Johnson County Airport near Buffalo.

The Johnson County airport near Buffalo reported a wind gust of 60 mph.

Reports to Sheriffs office of minor flooding across some of the dirt roads in southwestern portions of Johnson county.

Half dollar to golf ball size hail fell in and around Buffalo.

The public reported a funnel cloud to the east of Buffalo near TW Road.

A supercell thunderstorm developed in the lee of the Bighorn range and brought large hail from Barnum to Kaycee. Hail the size of baseballs fell near Barnum with quarter size hail reported in Kaycee.

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A thunderstorm produced a microburst that brought tree damage in the vicinity of Doyle Creek Campground to the south of Hazelton in the Bighorn Range. Several trees were uprooted or snapped off above the ground.

A maximum wind gust of 61 mph was reported at the Johnson County Airport near Buffalo.

A wind gust of 58 mph was reported at the Johnson County Airport near Buffalo, WY.

A trained spotter reported quarter size hail near Barnum, WY.

A maximum wind gust of 61 mph was reported at the Johnson County Airport near Buffalo, WY. In the city of Buffalo, the public reported small limbs snapped off trees and a few shingles blown off roofs.

Near Ucross, WY, ping pong ball sized hail was reported.

ASOS recorded a peak wind gust of 63 mph.

Trained spotters reported quarter-sized hail across portions of northern Johnson County to the east of Buffalo.

The public reported penny size hail in eastern Johnson County, Wyoming.

A maximum wind gust of 67 mph was recorded at the Johnson County airport near Buffalo.

A line of thunderstorms brought severe thunderstorm winds to much of Johnson County. Some of the more notable wind gusts included 76 mph along Interstate 25 in southern Johnson County and 75 mph in northern Johnson County along Interstate 90.

An outflow boundary moving into the area from the thunderstorms to the south brought high winds to the Buffalo, Wyoming airport. The maximum reported wind was 64 mph.

A storm gathered strength as it moved in deeper moisture east of the Bighorn Mountains. And become severe near Buffalo, Wyoming. Hail from nickel to golf ball sized hail was reported.

Pictures were posted on social media of a toppled outdoor play set and a roof was torn off a horse corral near Buffalo, Wyoming.

A trained spotter reported nickel sized hail to the southeast of Buffalo, Wyoming.

The public reported quarter size hail 28 miles east of Buffalo, Wyoming.

A 62 mph wind gust was reported near Linch, Wyoming.

An outflow boundary from thunderstorms to the north brought a 60 mph wind gust to the Buffalo, Wyoming airport.

A trained spotter reported penny sized hail in Buffalo, Wyoming.

A pair of 68 mph wind gusts were reported along Interstate 25 north of Kaycee, Wyoming.

A trained spotter reported half dollar sized hail, 21 miles northeast of Buffalo, Wyoming.

The public reported quarter sized hail near Barnum, Wyoming.

A thunderstorm developed along the east slope of the Big Horn Range and become severe as it moved toward Kaycee and into Sussex, Wyoming. There were numerous reports of hail from quarter to half dollar size.

A thunderstorm became severe as it moved off of the Bighorn Mountains as it approached Interstate 25. Quarter to golf ball sized hail fell along a line from Kaycee through Sussex, Wyoming.

A strong thunderstorm dropped penny sized hail in the vicinity of Barnum.

The public reported a funnel cloud 18 miles SSE of Kaycee.

NCRS reported the Middle Fork of the Powder River out of its banks in a few locations around Kaycee. The flooding was minor and no damage was reported.