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Tornado in Goshen County, Wyoming

Tornado May 16, 2026 · Goshen County, Wyoming

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Not rated

0.6 mi

Path length

15 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 15 yards (0.01 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

The first landspout formed northwest of Hawk Springs, kicking up dust and debris over mostly open country. This landspout was visually more robust than the one to the north. The tornado moved northeast slowly for about 15-20 minutes. Witnesses described it took awhile for the debris cloud to settle. No damage has been reported.

The wider storm

Two landspout tornadoes formed south of Yoder in Goshen County during the afternoon of May 16.

Began near Fonda (41.8300, -104.3000).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EFU Goshen County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1337556. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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