Wyoming, 2025

Tornado in Wyoming, July 1, 2025

July 1, 2025 · NWS RIW · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A brief landspout tornado touched down west of Farson and moved northeastward before lifting. The tornado remained over open country and caused no known damage.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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What happened

The episode as NWS RIW wrote it up.

A brief landspout tornado touched down west of Farson and moved northeastward before lifting. The tornado remained over open country and caused no known damage.

The radar

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 136 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:06 UTC.

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1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Sweetwater

When
July 1, 2:05 PM MST to 2:08 PM MST
Where
Sweetwater County, 2.93 mi W of Farson to 2.6 mi WNW of Farson
Rating
EF0
Path length
0.79 mi
Path width
25 yd
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
42.102, -109.507

The public reported a landspout tornado to the north of Highway 28 to the west of Farson, including a picture of the tornado in contact with the ground. The tornado remained over open country and caused no known damage.

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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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1279923.