Confirmed tornado near Hays on Tuesday Confirmed tornado near Hays on Tuesday By: Ryan Dennis and last updated 2021-07-07 19:56:44-04 GREAT FALLS â The National Weather Service (NWS) in Great Falls confirmed on Wednesday that a tornado touched down west of Hays on Tuesday. Photos of a funnel cloud and a video of a tornado that were sent to KRTV are what allowed the National Weather Service to confirm that it was a tornado. Due to the remote nature of this tornado, the NWS is not going to perform a damage survey, so the tornado is going to have a rating of "EF-Unknown" on the