National Weather Service confirms "rain-wrapped tornado"

The National Weather Service (NWS) has confirmed that the storm which temporarily shut down Devils Tower in August contained a tornado.

On Friday, NWS released information that the August 19 thunderstorm included a "rain-wrapped tornado" that developed about halfway between Hulett and Warren Peak in the Bear Lodge Mountains as the supercell thunderstorm tracked east.

The path of the tornado is estimated to have been around 2.5 miles. Along its route, NWS says numerous pine trees were uprooted or snapped in half, with a damage width of around a quarter mile.

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