2009 Goshen County tornado
An image of the tornado, with a mobile radar truck observing it. | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | June 5, 2009, 3:40 p.m. CDT (UTC−05:00) |
| Dissipated | June 5, 2009, 5:03 p.m. CDT (UTC−05:00) |
| Duration | 1 hour, 23 minutes |
| EF2 tornado | |
| on the Enhanced Fujita scale | |
| Highest winds |
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| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Areas affected | Goshen County, Wyoming |
Part of the Tornadoes of 2009 | |
In the afternoon hours of June 5, 2009, a well-documented tornado moved across Goshen County, located in the state of Wyoming. The tornado was observed by hundreds of experimental radar instruments, and the event formed the pinnacle of the VORTEX projects, which aimed to document the formation and lifecycle of a tornado. The tornado and the observations of it were heavily studied by meteorologists in the following years, and footage of the tornado has been featured on several national television networks, including The Weather Channel.