CASPER, Wyo. — Natrona County Emergency Management will be testing outdoor warning sirens from 9-10 am Wednesday, Aug. 28. That is after they received multiple reports that the sirens “did not sound as instructed” during severe thunderstorm and tornado alerts last Friday. “We immediately reviewed system reports and they show that signals were sent to…
Storm spawns tornado in Sioux County
The National Weather Service in Cheyenne and Region 23 Emergency Management are still gathering information to determine the extent of damages associated with tornadoes that touched down in northern Sioux County Wednesday night. While the NWS has only one confirmed tornado reported this morning, those who live in the area north of Harrison believe there…
Tornado confirmed at Powder River Pass
On Tuesday, the National Weather Service Riverton confirmed that a tornado touched down on June 19, 2019 near Powder River Pass. According to the weather service report, on June 19, 2019 a thunderstorm began to develop on the border of Park and Big Horn counties around 5 p.m. As this storm moved east it strengthened…
1979 Cheyenne tornado remains most destructive, costliest in Wyoming history
CHEYENNE – “It was the biggest and most destructive thing I’ve ever seen. And I’ve been to Vietnam. I thought I had seen it all.” Those were the words of Carl Lowery, a member of Wyoming Search and Rescue, in the July 17, 1979, edition of the Wyoming Eagle, describing the most destructive tornado in…
Wyoming Resident’s Story Riding Out an EF-3 Tornado
On Saturday, two destructive tornadoes ripped across the Wyoming foothills. There, with a front row view, was Mitch Falkenburg. Mitch received a call from Scottsbluff, Nebraska where his grandmother got word of a tornado in Douglas, Wyoming via her weather radio. “We were just doing stuff around the house. We got to looking outside and…
Wyoming becoming tornado alley of the West
WYOMING – Is it global warming or something to do with climate change? Perhaps, but the fact remains tornado warnings in Wyoming are up. Way up. According to the National Weather Service, Wyoming has experienced 51 tornado warnings so far this year. That’s nearly triple the usual for a season. From 2006-2017, the state received…
Wyoming Just Had Its Third EF3 Tornado of the Year After Having None Since 1987
Wyoming went more than 30 years without a tornado rated EF3/F3 or stronger but has now had three of them in less than two months. The most recent EF3 tornado to hit Wyoming was last Saturday south of Douglas, a town of more than 16,000 in the east-central portion of the state. Two other EF3…
Tornado touches down near Douglas
A tornado touched down south of Douglas on Saturday afternoon, the National Weather Service reported. Weather spotters confirmed a tornado 11 miles south of Douglas, moving southeast at 35 mph, around 4 p.m., according to a National Weather Service report. The tornado was later seen near Esterbrook and Esterbrook Campground. A tornado warning was in…
Rural tornado was a big one for Wyoming
Laramie, Wyo. • A tornado that tore across the prairie was about as big as they get in Wyoming. The National Weather Service estimates the twister’s winds reached 150 mph and its path was 600 yards wide. The tornado Wednesday evening kept to sparsely populated areas north of Laramie, and nobody was hurt. Only a…
Laramie, Wyoming dodges significant damage from tornado touchdown
LARAMIE, Wyo. Some minor damage reports have filtered in but Laramie, Wyoming, for the most part, dodged a bullet when a stunning and powerful tornado churned through the outskirts of town Wednesday evening. The twister took its time and met with a few “oohs” and “ahhs” along its path. Aaron Voos saw the twister touch…