Niobrara County Storm Activity
Wind, hail, and tornado activity from official NOAA sources (NWS & SPC) · Last 180 days · Updated Sep 11, 2026
Has it hailed in Niobrara County, Wyoming recently? Official National Weather Service (NWS) and Storm Prediction Center (SPC) records say yes: 69 hail reports with hail up to 1.5", among 85 severe weather events logged here in the last 180 days, together with 16 high-wind reports with gusts up to 71 mph. The most recent recorded storm activity was in September 2026. This page updates daily: every event comes straight from official NOAA data — no estimates, no modeling, just the record.
What the radar showed
Last 30 days in Niobrara County
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Storm activity from the last 30 days is summarized at the county level on this page. Exact locations, radar snapshots, and official warning boundaries for recent events are available with a free account.
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Events older than 30 days, as recorded by the National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center. Excerpts are quoted directly from official warnings and verified reports.
Sunday, August 9, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 254 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking gusty showers along a line extending from near Glendo to near Wheatland. Movement was southeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 55 mph Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, July 27, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 320 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Lusk, moving northeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Lusk and Niobrara County Fairgrounds.”
- Hail 0.25" Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, July 26, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.88"
“At 928 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Morrisey, or 29 miles southwest of Newcastle, moving east at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Mule Creek Junction and Redbird.”
- Hail 0.88" Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, July 8, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 544 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Keeline, or 15 miles west of Lusk, moving east at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Manville.”
“At 825 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Manning Ranch, or 25 miles northeast of Douglas, moving northeast at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Lance Creek and Manning Ranch.”
- Hail 0.88" Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, July 6, 2026
4 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75"
“At 522 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Jay Em, or 19 miles south of Lusk, moving north at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Rawhide Buttes and Jay Em.”
“At 600 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9 miles north of Glendo State Park, or 24 miles west of Lusk, moving north at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Lost Springs.”
- Hail 0.75" Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, June 30, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 534 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Hartville, or 26 miles southwest of Lusk, moving northeast at 65 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.5" Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, June 28, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.75"
“At 1155 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 12 miles southwest of Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, or 19 miles northeast of Torrington, moving northeast at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.75" Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, June 27, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 441 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms 11 miles north of Van Tassell, or 16 miles east of Lusk, moving northeast at 65 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 258 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles east of Lusk, moving northeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Lusk.”
- Wind 50 mph Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, June 26, 2026
4 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75"
“At 554 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 7 miles southwest of Rochelle to 6 miles west of Fort Fetterman Historic Site. Movement was east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.”
“At 626 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Dull Center to 13 miles north of Fort Fetterman Historic Site. Movement was east at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.”
- Hail 0.75" Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.75"
“At 559 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Lusk, moving east at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Lusk, Van Tassell, and Niobrara County Fairgrounds.”
- Hail 0.75" Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, June 22, 2026
3 SPC verified storm reports · 9 NWS warnings — hail up to 1"
“At 926 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 17 miles southwest of Morrisey, or 39 miles west of Edgemont, moving east at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.”
“At 1007 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Dull Center, or 31 miles southeast of Wright, moving southeast at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Dull Center.”
- Hail 0.88" Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 1" 8 SSE Lusk SPC verified report
- Hail 1" 4 W Lusk SPC verified report
- Hail 1" 10 N Van Tassell SPC verified report
- Hail 0.75" Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 316 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles northwest of Van Tassell, or 13 miles east of Lusk, moving northeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.”
- Hail 0.5" Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, June 6, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 825 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9 miles northwest of Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, or 30 miles north of Torrington, moving northeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.5" Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, June 4, 2026
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 656 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Dull Center, or 33 miles southeast of Wright, moving east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Dull Center.”
“At 600 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 15 miles southeast of Dull Center, or 37 miles north of Lusk, moving east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.”
- Hail 0.88" Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.88" Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 1 NWS warning — hail up to 1.5"
“Delayed report. Hail of at least ping pong ball sized was found 2-3 hours after the storm. Hail accumulation covered the ground and drifts of up to 1 to 2 feet deep wer (CYS)”
“At 512 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Mule Creek Junction, or 22 miles west of Edgemont, moving northeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Mule Creek Junction.”
- Hail 1.5" 3 E Redbird SPC verified report
- Hail 0.75" Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, May 30, 2026
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 308 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 15 miles north of Van Tassell, or 19 miles northeast of Lusk, moving northeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.”
“At 237 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Rawhide Buttes, or 12 miles south of Lusk, moving northwest at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.88" Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, May 29, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.88"
“At 658 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Lance Creek to 6 miles east of Rawhide Buttes. Movement was northwest at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.88" Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, May 21, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75"
“At 150 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9 miles southeast of Prairie Center, or 23 miles north of Torrington, moving northeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.”
“At 139 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10 miles south of Rawhide Buttes, or 23 miles south of Lusk, moving northeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Rawhide Buttes and Jay Em.”
- Hail 0.75" Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
6 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25", wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 710 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Fort Laramie National Historic Site, or 23 miles northeast of Wheatland, moving northeast at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 806 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Keeline, or 11 miles west of Lusk, moving northeast at 65 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Lusk, Manville, Keeline, Lance Creek, and Redbird.”
- Wind 55 mph Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, May 3, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25", wind gusts up to 58 mph
“Mesonet station WY60 3.4 W Van Tassell (WYDOT). 20dBZ convective shower over Van Tassell gusted 58mph. (CYS)”
“At 357 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 10 miles east of Rumford to near Montrose to near Van Tassell. Movement was southeast at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.”
- Wind 58 mph 3 W Van Tassell SPC verified report
- Hail 0.25" Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, April 11, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 453 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking showers and isolated thunder along a line extending from 10 miles southwest of Manning Ranch to 7 miles south of Laramie County Fairgrounds at Archer. Movement was east at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Brief strong gusts around 60 mph possible. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
- Wind 55 mph Niobrara County NWS severe weather mention
Today's severe weather outlook
Common questions
When was the last severe storm in Niobrara County, WY?
The most recent recorded event was in September 2026. Official NWS and SPC records show 85 severe weather events in Niobrara County over the last 180 days. Exact dates and locations for recent storms are available in the app with a free account.
Has there been hail in Niobrara County recently?
Yes — 69 hail reports in the last 180 days, with hail up to 1.5" recorded.
How do I check whether a specific address was affected?
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