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EF0 tornado in Hot Springs County, Wyoming

Tornado September 9, 2024 · Hot Springs County, Wyoming

EF0

Rating

0.2 mi

Path length

25 yd

Path width

$50K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 25 yards (0.01 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A brief landspout tornado touched down in downtown Thermopolis, near the intersection of US Hwy 20 and WY Hwy 120. Maximum winds were estimated between 65 to 75 mph as it caused damage to sheet metal roofing and car windows.

The wider storm

A shortwave crossed Wyoming and brought locally severe weather. The most notable weather was a short-duration non-supercell tornado, aka landspout, which moved through downtown Thermopolis and was captured on area security cameras. Sheet metal roofing and car windows were damaged by a combination of this circulation and debris thrown by broader thunderstorm outflow, with gusts estimated between 65 to 75 mph (EF0). Meanwhile, at the Sweetwater County airport, a 59 mph wind gust was reported.

Began near Thermopolis (43.6457, -108.2136).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1216270. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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