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Tornado in Platte County, Wyoming

Tornado June 22, 2023 · Platte County, Wyoming

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Not rated

3.1 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Public report of a tornado touchdown 8 miles south southwest of Chugwater that lasted roughly 3 minutes. No damage reported.

The wider storm

Severe storms developed across the southeast Wyoming high plains the afternoon of 22 June 2023. Storms produced heavy rain resulting in flash flooding for parts of the plains and a tornado near Chugwater, Wyoming.

Began near Chugwater (41.6530, -104.8794).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1098682. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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