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Severe Storms, Heavy Rain, Hail Possible In Southeast Wyoming
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The Cheyenne Office of the National Weather Service says severe storms featuring heavy rain, quarter size hail and winds up to 60 miles per hour are possible again this afternoon [Aug. 13] in southeastern Wyoming.
The agency posted the following on its website:
A Marginal Risk for severe thunderstorms covers most of southeast Wyoming and Nebraska Panhandle for this afternoon and evening. Storms will be capable of producing quarter sized hail and 60 mph downburst winds, along with very heavy rainfall. Be weather aware today!
Heavy rain is once again possible:Showers and thunderstorms look to become widespread again this afternoon through the evening hours. Some of these storms will create heavy rainfall and the possibility of flash flooding. Especially where storms move over the same area (training storms). A Marginal Risk for excessive rainfall has been identified along the Interstate 80 corridor from Sidney to Rawlins as well as Interstate 25 north to Wheatland. Be flood aware today, never drive through flooded roadways, they might be washed out. If encountering flooded roads, turn around, don’t drown!
Cheyenne, Laramie Forecasts
Cheyenne Forecast:
Today
A chance of rain and thunderstorms before 1pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 1pm and 3pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. West wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then a chance of rain and thunderstorms between midnight and 3am, then a chance of rain after 3am. Some of the storms could be severe. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. Southwest wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Wednesday
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
Wednesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then a chance of showers between 9pm and midnight. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 50. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Thursday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Northwest wind around 10 mph.
Thursday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then a slight chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 51. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Friday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Sunny, with a high near 85.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 54.
Saturday
Sunny, with a high near 88.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 56.
Sunday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 57.
Monday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 84.
Laramie Forecast
Today
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 1pm and 3pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 3pm. Some of the storms could be severe. Partly sunny, with a high near 75. West southwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely before midnight, then a chance of rain and thunderstorms between midnight and 3am, then a chance of rain after 3am. Some of the storms could be severe. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. West wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Wednesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then a chance of showers between 9pm and midnight. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 47. West southwest wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Thursday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then a slight chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Friday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Sunny, with a high near 80.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 52.
Saturday
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Sunny, with a high near 83.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 56.
Sunday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 80.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 54.
Monday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 80.
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Cowboy State Daily Video News: Tuesday, August 13, 2024
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It’s time to take a look at what’s happening around Wyoming, for Tuesday, August 13th. I’m Wendy Corr, bringing you headlines from the Cowboy State Daily newsroom – brought to you by Outrider PAC. Did you know that according to a new survey, 79% of Wyoming Voters support Freedom in Education? Learn more about Educational Savings Accounts in Wyoming at OutriderPAC.com
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An avalanche of political mailers have been flooding mailboxes around the state.
While there’s not one side that has done everything perfectly or another that has done everything wrong, Cowboy State Daily’s Leo Wolfson says some politicians are more concerned about the trend than others.
“Former House Speaker Tom Lubnau… believes that it’s very concerning trend, that a lot of misinformation is being spread and in our current, modern day news ecosystem where people can kind of just going to do echo chambers and listen to whatever news agrees with their preconceived conceptions, that they end up missing out on the real facts of the matter and just kind of go into a skewed type of world.”
However, Wolfson says that everyone he spoke to about the matter agrees that this is the highest volume of political mailers they can remember.
Read the full story HERE.
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Colorado authorities have issued a Senior Alert for a 76-year-old missing Wyoming woman with dementia who was last seen early Monday morning in Colorado Springs.
Martha James, of Rock Springs, has been missing since Saturday late afternoon when she left home in her vehicle. James has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and dementia, and Cowboy State Daily’s Jen Kocher reports that her family is worried she may be lost and not able to find her way home.
“Her dementia has been progressively getting worse over the past several months, so her family, her sister in law and brother, are quite concerned about her, because … she’s been getting lost a bit around town… her credit card was used in Rock Springs on Saturday about 530 so then the next time it was used was in Cheyenne, later that evening, and then again on Saturday in Boulder, Colorado.”
James is traveling in a 2022 Silver Nissan Rogue and thought to be with her two dogs, a tan Chihuahua and a white miniature poodle.
Read the full story HERE.
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Australian-based American Rare Earths Ltd. has restructured its rare earths project in Wyoming as part of a new strategic direction to attract Wall Street investment and accelerate development of its critical ores needed for national security purposes.
With Wyoming becoming ground zero for new development of rare earths deposits, energy reporter Pat Maio says companies are in a race to be the first to start producing. And the new entity, called Wyoming Rare (USA) Inc., is considering moving its headquarters to either Laramie or Cheyenne.
“They’ve restructured the business here in Wyoming, and they’re … formally going to make it like a 100% owned, independent company here in Wyoming, which is going to streamline things for them to essentially raise money, lots of money, like half a billion dollars, at least, money, so they can start accelerating into mining for rare earths.”
The decision to move the headquarters will be made before the end of the year, as well as rounding out the composition of its board of directors.
Read the full story HERE.
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Secretary of State Chuck Gray wanted to make it clear at Monday evening’s State Building Commission meeting that he hasn’t forgotten about Gov. Mark Gordon’s veto of House Bill 125 during the 2024 legislation session, a bill that would have banned gun-free zones in Wyoming.
The Building Commision met to discuss proposed draft rules that would allow for concealed carry of firearms in the Wyoming Capitol building, something that is currently not allowed, according to politics reporter Leo Wolfson.
“Secretary of State Chuck Gray certainly didn’t miss an opportunity to criticize Governor Mark Gordon for the veto that he made of the bill that would have … prohibited all gun free zones in Wyoming. Gray said that these new rules would never have been necessary if the governor hadn’t vetoed that bill.”
The draft rules would only allow people with a concealed firearms permit to carry a weapon in the extension hallway area of the Capitol. This would exclude the main Capitol Rotunda and legislative chambers.
Read the full story HERE.
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An 85-year-old homeowner says he shot a home invader Friday night in Riverton after first fighting the intruder back onto his front porch.
Cowboy State Daily’s Clair McFarland went to the home of Wayne Williams, who says in hindsight, he should not have opened the door to the man who was banging on his door at 11 p.m.
“But he says, the guy shoved his way inside, and Wayne had his 380 and he tried to shoot, and it just went, click… he had forgotten to rack one into the chamber… So he pushed him out the door, and they’re tumbling down the front porch steps, 85 year old man with a 20 something man… Wayne ends up on top. He’s trying to get free of the guy’s grasp. And he shoots again. This time he thinks he hit him in the leg.”
Riverton Police Department representatives declined Monday to comment beyond a preliminary statement they issued Saturday – which says the incident appeared to be a shooting in response to an attempted burglary.
Read the full story HERE.
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The Perseids, one of the year’s best meteor showers, reaches its peak over Wyoming on Tuesday morning. And stargazers in the Cowboy State have a great spot to see it, according to Cowboy State Daily’s Andrew Rossi.
“Historically, the Perseid meteor shower peaks on the evening of August 12 and 13th, but the peak means that’s just when it’s max visibility for meteors. So that’s up to 50 to 100 an hour during the peak, but it’s visible from mid July through the beginning of September… if you want to see the Perseids, according to sources I talked to, you want to get to a high place, in a dark place, get comfortable with it as wide a range of view as possible, and just look upwards and see what you can see.”
While there’s a month-and-a-half window to see the Perseids, they historically peak Aug. 12 and 13, according to NASA. The peak can be between 50 and 100 meteors every hour.
Read the full story HERE.
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Laramie County Clerk Debra Lee said she believes the Wyoming Republican Party is attempting to “disrupt” the upcoming primary election ahead of Election Day.
Last week, the Wyoming Republican Party filed a lawsuit against Lee for what they claim was an illegitimate test of election tabulators. Politics reporter Leo Wolfson says Lee is calling the complaint an effort to disrupt the current primary election.
“The lawsuit is frustrated that a equipment test that was performed last week on the voting equipment was not done with the exact procedures that it’s supposed to take place. So the Republican Party lawsuit kind of follows up on a complaint that was already filed by the Laramie County Republican Party. But Lee is standing by the test that she performed.”
On Monday, the Wyoming GOP put out an email claiming that five other counties had errors similar to Laramie’s in their tests. They also listed six county clerks who they claim are refusing to provide their test results.
Read the full story HERE.
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A Gillette, Wyoming, man accused of slitting his mother’s throat to defend himself from distant attic people has been found sane enough to stand trial.
32 year old Scott Patenaude is scheduled for a Thursday arraignment in Campbell County District Court, according to Cowboy State Daily’s Clair McFarland.
“the case paused so that the authorities could see if he was mentally fit to stand trial. You cannot give a plea in Wyoming unless the court recognizes that you are mentally fit, mentally competent to do so, and after the Wyoming State Hospitals assigned Doctor delivered that report, pad node and his counsel didn’t dispute the finding that he was mentally competent.”
During his police interview, Patenaude reportedly said he had an infected tooth that kept him from sleeping, loud trucks roared along the road and woke him, as did an “intelligent tapping” in the attic.
Read the full story HERE.
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The state of Wyoming and 16 other coal-producing states are suing to challenge a rule crafted by the Environmental Production Agency that targets “inactive coal ash impoundments.”
The rules were designed by the EPA nearly a decade ago to hold power plants accountable for controlling and cleaning up contamination created by the disposal of coal ash. But Cowboy State Daily’s Pat Maio reports that they could go into effect in November unless they are overturned by a federal appeals court.
“Governor Gordon believes, with his litigation, though, that this is kind of another cost factor, a burden, a regulatory burden, that’s being placed on the coal industry that could limit its production in future years. So that’s why he’s filing this litigation.”
Coal ash, or coal combustion residuals, is produced whenever coal is burned at coal-fired power plants. These residuals are considered one of the largest types of industrial waste.
Read the full story HERE.
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Wyoming seems to have become aurora central with another spectacular show of celestial lights early Monday morning, which more expected this week.
The geomagnetic storm that manifested as an aurora Monday was the latest generated during the Sun’s 11-year solar maximum, and there’s a good chance of even better displays to come before the end of the year, reports Cowboy State Daily’s Andrew Rossi.
“The auroras that manifested over Wyoming Sunday night into Monday morning were part of a severe g4 geomagnetic storm that were the result of coronal mass ejections, or CMEs, generated by sun spots on the surface of the sun. That puts it on par with the solar storm that generated the mid May auroras, which were the best that have been seen in two decades… this was the latest event in a series of what could be several events in August, going into September and October, when we could see spectacular auroras across the skies of Wyoming.”
The Perseids meteor shower is reaching its annual peak this week — with its best show expected early Tuesday morning — which means meteor fireballs could be seen streaking across the rainbow ribbons of an aurora.
Read the full story HERE.
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Your Wyoming Sunrise: Tuesday, August 13, 2024
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Today’s Wyoming sunrise was captured by R.J. and Caroline Kost. They write, “The fires make their own color for a beautiful sunrise. Looking towards the Big Horns from outside of Powell, even though you can’t see them.”
To submit your Wyoming sunrise, email us at: News@CowboyStateDaily.com
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Wyoming Legion Baseball Final Standings 2024
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The 2024 American Legion Baseball season in Wyoming has ended. The last team in action was the Cheyenne Sixers at the Northwest Regional Tournament in Billings, MT. They went 1-2 and had their season concluded last Friday. These last standings include all games played in the 2024 season.
2024 WYOMING AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL FINAL STANDINGS
The 2025 season will begin next April. Cheyenne will host next year’s ‘AA’ state tournament. The ‘A’ state tournament is scheduled for an East Conference team to host.
Here are the final standings of the 2024 Wyoming Legion Baseball season:
AA: (Overall Record Listed First, Then Conference Record)
Cheyenne Sixers 69-19, 11-3
Casper Oilers 32-24, 11-3
Gillette Roughriders 49-29, 9-5
Sheridan Troopers 35-27, 8-6
Laramie Rangers 33-32, 7-7
Cheyenne Hawks 32-25, 7-7
Jackson Giants 17-46, 2-12
Rock Springs Stallions 11-43, 1-13
A East: (Overall Record Listed First, Then Conference Record)
Casper Drillers 39-13, 12-4
Torrington Tigers 37-20, 12-4
Sheridan Jets 29-24, 11-5
Douglas Cats 28-21, 10-6
Gillette Rustlers 33-31, 9-7
Cheyenne Eagles 19-33-1, 6-10
Wheatland Lobos 11-38, 5-11
Buffalo Bulls 8-26, 4-12
Laramie Rangers A 13-29-1, 3-13
A Northwest: (Overall Record Listed First, Then Conference Record)
Cody Cubs 39-21-1, 9-3
Powell Pioneers 47-18, 8-4
Lovell Mustangs 24-25-2, 7-5
Riverton Raiders 24-24-1, 0-12
A Southwest: (Overall Record Listed First, Then Conference Record)
Evanston Outlaws 23-22, 11-1
Green River Knights 20-19-2, 9-3
Rawlins Bandits 4-26, 3-9
Saratoga Cutthroats 1-13, 1-11
2024 Wyoming Legion Baseball AA State Championship
Cheyenne Sixers took on the Gillette Riders in the 2024 Wyoming American Legion Baseball AA State Championship game in Casper, WY, on Aug. 2, 2024.
Gallery Credit: David Settle, WyoPreps.com; Abby Mickelsen
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