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Storm reports for June 7, 2012

NOAA recorded 126 hail reports, 33 wind reports and 9 tornado reports in 10 states on June 7, 2012.

in 10 states
168
Storm reports
Near 42.05, -105.09, WY
4.0 in
Largest hail
About 49 miles from Bismarck, ND
81 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, near 42.05, -105.11, WY
9
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

  • 0.75
  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2
  • 2.5
  • 3+

Dots: reports.

  • Wind report
  • Tornado and its path
  • Surveyed tornado path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on June 7, 2012 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot.

What happened

On the afternoon of June 7, 2012, hail of baseball to grapefruit size, about 4 inches across, fell on the west side of Wheatland, Wyoming, breaking several windows and damaging vehicles.1 An EF2 tornado with peak winds of 130 to 135 mph then tracked 19.6 miles from west of Wheatland to northeast of Chugwater between 3:07 and 5:28 p.m. MDT, injuring one person, according to NWS Cheyenne.2 Surveyors found homes destroyed or badly damaged and many outbuildings wrecked, worst along Olson Road about 6 miles southwest of Wheatland.3 In the Burns area of Laramie County, hail up to hen egg size broke windows and damaged siding on several homes.4

In Colorado, storms dropped hail 1.5 to 2.75 inches across, and hail with heavy rain flooded streets in Aurora, Castle Rock, Centennial, Highlands Ranch and other Denver-area towns.5 Hail piled knee deep in several areas.5 NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $161.1 million in property damage from the June 7 Colorado storms, and $321.1 million along the Front Range for June 6 and 7 combined.5 That evening an EF2 tornado up to half a mile wide moved from south central Elbert County into El Paso County, damaging homes and farm buildings and causing one minor injury.5 At least 136 homes were damaged in Elbert County, 32 of them moderately to severely.5

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 377351, hail, Platte County, Wyoming
  2. 2. NWS Cheyenne: June 7, 2012 Wheatland, Wyoming Tornado
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 377624, tornado, Platte County, Wyoming
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 377391, hail, Laramie County, Wyoming
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 387832, hail, Arapahoe County, Colorado

Reports by hour

Hail126, most at 9 PM

Wind33, most at 7 PM

Tornado9, most at 7 PM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
3:55 PMEF1About 43 miles from Rapid City, SD0.1 mi long, 20 yd wide
4:07 PMEF2Near 42.05, -105.11, WY20.57 mi long, 200 yd wide
5:33 PMEF0About 22 miles from Cheyenne, WY0.1 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:21 PMEF0About 39 miles from Denver, CO0.1 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:18 PMEF0About 48 miles from Colorado Springs, CO0.1 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:25 PMEF0About 23 miles from Cheyenne, WY0.25 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:45 PMEF2About 38 miles from Colorado Springs, CO7.49 mi long, 880 yd wide
8:38 PMEF0About 34 miles from Colorado Springs, CO0.48 mi long, 75 yd wide
9:45 PMEF0About 19 miles from Fort Collins, CO0.1 mi long, 50 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Colorado705965
South Dakota2513111
Wyoming242013
North Dakota211380
Nebraska9900
Minnesota6420
New Jersey6600
Texas5140
Louisiana1010
West Virginia1100

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Colorado Springs, CO2.5 inNone0
Greeley, CO1.75 inNone0
Cheyenne, WY1.0 inNone0
Fort Collins, CO1.0 inNone0
Hagerstown, MD1.0 inNone0
Rapid City, SD1.0 inNone0
Atlantic City, NJ0.88 inNone0
Fargo, ND0.75 in69 mph0
Houston, TXNone70 mph0
Lake Charles, LANone58 mph0

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.