Tornado, Natrona
- When
- May 26, 11:30 AM MST to 11:37 AM MST
- Where
- Natrona County, Evansville to 1 mi NNE of Evansville
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2.5 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Coordinates
- 42.870, -106.250
Tornado in Wyoming, May 26, 1998
Moved north across the abandoned old Texaco refinery. The weak tornado developed as the parent thunderstorm was developing/intensifying.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- 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 RIW wrote it up.
Moved north across the abandoned old Texaco refinery. The weak tornado developed as the parent thunderstorm was developing/intensifying. Path length and width are estimates.
The radar
The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 183 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:28 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 26 to 27, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Washington, May 26 to 27, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, May 26 to 27, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Idaho, May 26 to 27, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 26, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 26, 1998
- Flash Flood and Flood in Alaska, May 26 to 31, 1998
- Hail in Texas, May 26, 1998
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 26, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 26, 1998
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 26, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, May 26, 1998
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Wyoming, 1998Warnings in Wyoming, May 1998
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: 5641742.