Tornado History Map

Platte County, Wyoming tornado history

53 tornadoes recorded in or across Platte County from 1955 to 2023, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Platte County

The Storm Prediction Center records 53 tornadoes whose paths touched Platte County, Wyoming between 1955 and 2023. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 27 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 27 June 1955. The most recent was on 23 June 2023.

  • 53tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 5injuries
  • 255per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Platte County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF03260%
F1 / EF11019%
F2 / EF224%
F3 / EF312%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating815%

Platte County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 13 in 2010s.1950s21960s21970s51980s91990s122000s82010s132020s2

The 2020s only run to 2023, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s2
1970s5
1980s9
1990s12
2000s8
2010s13
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 27 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr1May10Jun27Jul8Aug4Sep3Oct0Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May10
Jun27
Jul8
Aug4
Sep3
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Platte County

  • Strongest: Wyoming tornado27 June 1955, F3, 3 injuries, 2 miles long
  • Longest path: Wyoming tornado8 June 1971, F1, 30.2 miles long
  • Most recent: Wyoming tornado23 June 2023, Unknown rating, 0 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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