EF2 tornado — Washakie County, Wyoming

EF2 tornado in Washakie County, Wyoming

Tornado June 1, 2018 · Washakie County, Wyoming

EF2

Rating

1.0 mi

Path length

300 yd

Path width

$20K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF2 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF2 is considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, consistent with estimated gusts of 111–135 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

An EF-2 tornado with maximum winds at 130 mph touched down in Northeast Washakie county in a heavily forested area at around 8000 feet. The tornado downed and snapped off around 1,000 trees near ground level during its short path.

The wider storm

An upper level low and potent jet dynamics moved across Wyoming and brought severe weather to portions of central Wyoming. The strongest thunderstorms moved across eastern Washakie and western Johnson counties. Two tornadoes touched down and downed many trees along the Washakie / Johnson County border. The storms also produced large hail up to the size of ping pong balls. Another strong thunderstorm produced nickel size hail at Winchester.

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 771191. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

EF2 tornado in Washakie County, Wyoming

What the National Weather Service wrote

The wider storm

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