F0 tornado in Costilla County, Colorado

Tornado July 15, 1994 · Costilla County, Colorado

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

10 yd

Path width

What F0 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F0 meant light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken; the scale paired it with winds of 40–72 mph, figures later judged too high, especially toward the top of the scale, and revised downward in the Enhanced Fujita scale. Ratings then, as now, came from the damage.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Colorado State Patrol reported a brief tornado touchdown in an open field west of San Acacio (19 miles southeast of Alamosa). No damage or injuries was reported.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 10316659. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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