The National Weather Service has confirmed that an EF-2 tornado churned into western Nebraska from Wyoming, killing horses, injuring two people, and damaging buildings before dissipating.
The service said that the twister formed around 5:10 pm Monday about 15 miles north of Torrington, Wyoming, and ended 52 minutes later about 8 miles south-southwest of Harrison, Nebraska. It packed winds ranging from 111 to 135 miles per hour.
It killed and injured horses and injured one person while damaging a ranch north of Torrington and injured one person while damaging a homestead 13 miles southwest of Harrison.
The service says it’s still reviewing survey team findings and other information about tornadoes reported to have struck Bayard and Alliance in Nebraska.
