Tornado, Platte
- When
- June 2, 1:35 PM MST to 1:38 PM MST
- Where
- Platte County, 10 mi S of Wheatland
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 5 yd
- Coordinates
- 41.900, -104.970
Brief touchdown in open country.
Tornado and Hail in Wyoming, June 2, 1997
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- $4,000
- Events
- 5
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Platte
- When
- June 2, 2:30 PM MST to 2:32 PM MST
- Where
- Platte County, 10 mi SE of Wheatland
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.950, -104.830
Funnel Cloud, Albany
- When
- June 2, 4:12 PM MST to 4:14 PM MST
- Where
- Albany County, 10 mi S of Laramie
- Coordinates
- 41.655, -105.724 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Laramie
- When
- June 2, 5:15 PM MST to 5:16 PM MST
- Where
- Laramie County, Albin
- Measured
- 69 kt (79 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.420, -104.100
Hail, Laramie
- When
- June 2, 6:05 PM MST to 6:10 PM MST
- Where
- Laramie County, Albin
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $4,000
- Coordinates
- 41.420, -104.100
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 2, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Nebraska, June 2 to 4, 1997
- Flash Flood and Flood in South Dakota, June 2, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, June 2, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, June 2 to 4, 1997
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 2, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, June 2 to 3, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, June 2, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, June 2, 1997
- Flood and Hail in Colorado, June 2 to 6, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, June 2 to 4, 1997
- Hail and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 2, 1997
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Wyoming, 1997Warnings in Wyoming, June 1997
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5608236, 5608237, 5608239, 5608240, 5608238.