CHEYENNE (WNE) — A powerful storm tore through Cheyenne and surrounding areas Friday afternoon, Aug. 1, resulting in baseball-size hail and funnel clouds and causing widespread damage to vehicles, homes and trees.

At 5:31 p.m., the National Weather Service office in Cheyenne issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Cheyenne, which was followed soon after by a tornado warning, and then tornado sirens.

Matthew McLaughlin, NWS general forecaster, said around four funnel clouds were spotted over Cheyenne, but there were no touchdowns. It hailed everywhere, though, with a couple of areas seeing the worst of it, he said.

“I think (downtown) is where we got some of the most reports,” McLaughlin said. “The biggest hail of the entire event was actually eight miles southwest of Burns. Downtown go

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