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EF2 tornado in Albany County, Wyoming

Tornado June 6, 2018 · Albany County, Wyoming

EF2

Rating

0.6 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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

A satellite tornado formed two miles to the south of the parent tornado. The tornado damaged treetops and caused significant structural damage to a well-built attached garage, which collapsed as it lifted off the foundation and shifted to the east. In addition, several nearby structures had minor damage to siding and shingles as the tornado was observed moving through the Antelope Ridge Loop subdivision, six miles north of Laramie, and into open country.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms generated large hail over parts of Niobrara and Goshen counties in addition to a well photogenic tornadic supercell over Albany County. Two tornadoes, the parent and a satellite, were confirmed by photos from storm chasers and official NWS Storm Survey. The parent tornado was rated as an EF-3 while the satellite was rated as an EF-2. Some residential damage was caused by the satellite tornado including the lifting off the foundation of a attached garage. The parent EF-3 tornado bent galvanized steel utility poles 90 degrees at base.

Began near Howell (41.4160, -105.6050).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Albany County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 785904. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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