How windy is it in Wyoming this week? Yesterday, a guy in Cheyenne literally held down his roof to keep it from blowing away. Add "roof repair" to the list of things you can't do outdoors on a windy Wyoming day.
August 1, 1985, was one of the darkest days in Wyoming history. 32 years ago, a tragic flash flood in Cheyenne claimed 12 lives and caused over $60 million in property damage.
The torrential storm rolled in with a fury, dropping six inches rain during the evening hours...
Aside from our daily chance for thunderstorms, summertime in Wyoming is awesome. Temperatures are relatively mild, the wind keeps us cool and there isn't much humidity.
However, there is one place in the Cowboy State that can get really hot...
There's one thing we all love to do here in Wyoming...complain about the weather. It's too cold in the winter, too hot in the summer and it's always too windy.
Luckily, like the old saying goes, "if you don't like the weather, just wait five minutes and it will change"...
Near the North Platte River, the clouds spin and weave. The layers twist and attempt to form a cone. On the mountain, the green hillside lit by the last light.
Today marks a wild Wyoming weather anniversary. Eight years ago, on June 5, 2009, a tornado touched down in Goshen County, near the town of La Grange, Wyoming.
What made this particular twister remarkable was the footage captured by a group of storm chasers, who were able to get "inside" the tornado...
39 years ago, one of the worst floods in Wyoming history began. It started with heavy rain on the morning of May 15, 1978, which later turned to snow.
As the storm spread, property damage was reported in 12 counties. Over 100 homes were destroyed, dozens of bridges and roads were flooded, and power was knocked out across the state...