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Funnel Cloud in Hot Springs County, Wyoming

Funnel Cloud May 21, 2018 · Hot Springs County, Wyoming

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What the National Weather Service wrote

Several trained spotters reported a funnel cloud to the east-southeast of Thermopolis over the Owl Creek Range.

The wider storm

An upper level disturbance passing across Wyoming brought a couple of severe thunderstorms to the state. The first episode was near Thermopolis, where a funnel cloud was sighted by several spotters and lowered about three quarters of the way to the ground. Another thunderstorm formed in the Lee of the Absarokas and produced quarter size hail to the east of Cody. Some rotation was also observed with this storm.

Began near East Thermopolis (43.6389, -108.0620).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 749591. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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