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Wyoming Flood Stories

148 first-hand accounts of flood events in Wyoming, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

Flash Flood

Albany, WY · Jul 29, 2021

Heavy rainfall over portions of the Mullen Burn Scar with estimated rainfall of two to three inches. Subsequent mudslide and debris flow led to a road washout near Highway 230.

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Flash Flood

Albany, WY · Jul 30, 2021

Heavy rainfall over portions of the Mullen Burn Scar with estimated rainfall of two to three inches. Subsequent mudslide and debris flow led to a road washout near Highway 230.

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Flash Flood

Laramie, WY · Jun 8, 2021

Severe thunderstorms across Laramie and Niobrara Counties produced severe hail over 1 inch in diameter. For the Laramie County storm, prolonged training and heavy rain produced flash flooding across portions of the city of Cheyenne with hail accumulating to depths of several…

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Flash Flood

Laramie, WY · Jun 8, 2021

Severe thunderstorms across Laramie and Niobrara Counties produced severe hail over 1 inch in diameter. For the Laramie County storm, prolonged training and heavy rain produced flash flooding across portions of the city of Cheyenne with hail accumulating to depths of several…

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Flood$15K damage

Washakie, WY · Jun 24, 2011

The first extended warm spell of the season produced an active period of snowmelt from an historic snowpack in the western Bighorn Mountains. As a result, waterways in and near the foothills of the Bighorn Mountains rose rapidly causing flooding in Big Horn and Washakie counties.

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Fremont, WY · Jun 29, 2020

Heavy rain and snow melt raised the levels of the Wind River across central and eastern portions of Fremont County. The Wind River near Kinnear, Wyoming crested around 10.3 feet, 0.3 feet above flood stage around 11 pm on July 29th.

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Fremont, WY · Jun 30, 2020

Heavy rain and snow melt raised the levels of the Wind River across central and eastern portions of Fremont County. The Wind River near Kinnear, Wyoming crested around 10.3 feet, 0.3 feet above flood stage around 11 pm on July 29th.

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Flash Flood

Hot Springs, WY · Jul 4, 2019

With a stationary boundary remaining over the area, there were two rounds of severe weather across central Wyoming on Independence Day. One storm developed in the lee of the Wind River Range and strengthened as it moved eastward toward Natrona County, Wyoming.

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Johnson, WY · May 27, 2019

Across Johnson County, two to four inches of rain fell from May 27th through May 28th. This caused rapid rises of creeks and streams as well as the Middle Fork of the Powder River.

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Johnson, WY · May 27, 2019

Across Johnson County, two to four inches of rain fell from May 27th through May 28th. This caused rapid rises of creeks and streams as well as the Middle Fork of the Powder River.

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Flash Flood

Natrona, WY · Jul 19, 2007

Strong and severe thunderstorms spread south along the eastern slopes of the Bighorn Mountains during the afternoon and early evening. These storms produced long periods of hail and very heavy rain.

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Flash Flood

Washakie, WY · Aug 21, 2019

Numerous slow moving thunderstorms developed across central Wyoming and some became severe. On severe thunderstorm crossed US 20 26 in eastern Fremont County and brought ping pong ball size hail that damaged a pick up truck.

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Flash Flood

Park, WY · Aug 18, 2007

U.S. Highway 14-16-20 between Cody and Yellowstone National Park's East Entrance was closed due to a mudslide. The slide was estimated to be three feet deep and 50 to 100 feet in length, which kept the road closed overnight.

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Flash Flood

Park, WY · Jul 14, 2019

Slow moving thunderstorms brought an average of three quarters of an inch of rain in only 20 minutes along with large amounts of small hail on the late afternoon of July 14th.

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Flash Flood

Johnson, WY · Jun 12, 2017

A combination of an abnormally strong upper level low, strong jet dynamics and an approaching cold front produced one of the biggest severe weather outbreaks across western and central Wyoming in many years.

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Flood

Sweetwater, WY · Mar 10, 2017

Warming temperatures melted a substantial snow pack across the lower elevations of western Sweetwater County. This snow melting, combined with ice jams, brought flooding along the Blacks Fork River from Little America through Granger .

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Fremont, WY · Feb 10, 2017

During the night of February 9th, strong Chinook winds developed over the eastern Slope of the Wind River Mountains. Temperatures climbed into the 50s as a result.

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Flood

Fremont, WY · Feb 10, 2017

During the night of February 9th, strong Chinook winds developed over the eastern Slope of the Wind River Mountains. Temperatures climbed into the 50s as a result.

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Big Horn, WY · Feb 10, 2017

A rapid warm up following several weeks of below normal temperatures and above average snowfall led to flooding along the Big Horn River in Washakie and Big Horn Counties. The result was rapidly rising rivers due to ice jams from rivers breaking up as well as rapid snow melt.

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Flood

Fremont, WY · Jun 4, 2017

The combination of a very wet and snowy winter and a rather cool and wet spring set the stage for a prolonged period of flooding along the Wind River.

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Flood

Fremont, WY · Jun 4, 2017

The combination of a very wet and snowy winter and a rather cool and wet spring set the stage for a prolonged period of flooding along the Wind River.

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Flood

Fremont, WY · Jun 3, 2017

A cool and wet winter and spring built up abnormally large snow pack across the Wind River Range. Warmer weather in June caused rapid melting of the snow and resulted in flooding along the Little Wind River for several weeks. The River Gauge at Riverton peaked above 10 feet.

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Flood

Fremont, WY · Jun 3, 2017

The combination of a very wet and snowy winter and a rather cool and wet spring set the stage for a prolonged period of flooding along the Wind River.

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Flood

Sublette, WY · Jun 5, 2017

Warming temperatures in June brought rapid snow melt of mountain snow pack and led to flooding around portions of Sublette County, especially along the New Fork and Green Rivers as well as some of it's tributaries.

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