Tornado in Wyoming
Every tornado event the National Weather Service has filed in Wyoming, year by year, with the most significant episodes. 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.
The most significant on the map
The most significant tornado episodes in Wyoming.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 765
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 115
- Damage
- $49 million
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Tornadoes in Wyoming, July 16, 1979
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Wyoming, August 12, 2005A tornado touched down 1 mile north of Wright and traveled southeast into the town.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wyoming, July 21, 1987
- Tornado and Hail in Wyoming, July 12, 1965
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wyoming, June 1, 2018A supercell thunderstorm tracked east-northeast across central Campbell County. As the storm approached Gillette, it produced multiple tornadoes. A storm survey, along with photos and video, determined that four tornadoes occurred just west and north of Gillette.
- Tornado in Wyoming, June 26, 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wyoming, June 25, 1975
- Tornado in Wyoming, April 23, 1960
- Tornado in Wyoming, June 27, 1955
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wyoming, May 6, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wyoming, June 12, 2017One of the most significant severe weather episodes to affect southeast Wyoming and the western Nebraska Panhandle occurred on the afternoon and early evening of Monday 12 June 2017. Eleven confirmed tornadoes, hail to grapefruit size, and damaging winds were observed.
- Tornadoes in Wyoming, June 5, 1982
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wyoming, July 28, 2018Thunderstorms produced large hail, damaging winds and a couple tornadoes over portions of Converse and Platte counties.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wyoming, June 6 to 7, 2018Thunderstorms 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.
- Tornadoes in Wyoming, June 26, 1955
- Tornado in Wyoming, June 16, 1962
- Tornado in Wyoming, August 2, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in Wyoming, July 13, 2009A supercell thunderstorm developed over northern Campbell County and moved southeastward across Crook County. The storm produced very large hail across western Crook County, which caused significant damage in the New Haven and Hulett areas.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wyoming, June 13, 1984
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Wyoming, May 22, 2008Severe thunderstorms moved generally north northwest over parts of far southeast Wyoming producing a few tornadoes as well as hail and some flooding. The most significant tornado tracked across southeastern Albany county into northern and eastern parts of the city of Laramie.
- Tornadoes in Wyoming, July 28, 1978
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Wyoming, May 18, 2010Southeast low level wind flow increased ahead of a low pressure system over northern Colorado the afternoon of May 18 2010. A strong low level southeast jet combined with dynamics of the low to create a favorable environment for severe thunderstorms.
- Tornadoes in Wyoming, June 18, 1987
- Tornado and Hail in Wyoming, July 4, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wyoming, June 7, 1986
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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.