Tornado, Weston
- When
- June 11, 11:20 AM MST
- Where
- Weston County, 20 mi NW of Newcastle
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 0.5 yd
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.050, -104.500
Tornado in Wyoming, June 11, 1998
Atmospheric conditions over eastern Weston county resulted in some cold air funnels with brief touchdowns near the Newcastle area. No damage or injuries were reported with the tornadoes.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS UNR wrote it up.
Atmospheric conditions over eastern Weston county resulted in some cold air funnels with brief touchdowns near the Newcastle area. No damage or injuries were reported with the tornadoes.
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 134 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:36 UTC.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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More
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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: 5653023.