EF1 tornado in Laramie County, Wyoming

A confirmed tornado began approximately 12 miles W of Albin at 6:42 PM MDT. The tornado damaged a single-family residence and destroyed a farm outbuilding. Minimal shingle damage was was visible at the home, with trees and power lines remaining intact on the property. Debris from the home and outbuilding was thrown several hundred yards to the southeast. Hay bales weighing up to 1400 pounds were moved between one quarter and one half mile from their original location. Further southeast along the track of the tornado, 8 wooden power poles were snapped. The damage then became more sporadic along the track as the tornado moved over mainly open fields before dissipating approximately 9 miles WSW of Albin at 6:50 PM MDT.

A long-lived supercell thunderstorm developed over the higher terrain of the central Laramie Range in far northwestern Laramie County near the Platte County late in the afternoon on 6/26. This thunderstorm quickly became severe as it tracked to the east-southeast across northern and eastern Laramie County through the early to mid evening hours, before exiting into western Nebraska. Multiple tornadoes were reported over rural eastern Laramie County, with an official NWS damage survey confirming two EF-1 tornadoes to the west and southwest of Albin, and an EF-0 tornado 8 miles ESE of Albin. In addition to the tornadoes, this storm also produced up to baseball sized hail near Gun Barrel. Additional isolated severe storms occurred over Converse County later in the evening.