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EF0 tornado in Washington County, Colorado

Tornado June 26, 2008 · Washington County, Colorado

EF0
Rating
0.1 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A small tornado touched down briefly but did no damage.

The wider storm

Lightning sparked a fire east of Guffey, in Park County. The combination of dry conditions and gusty winds allowed the fire to spread. It eventually consumed 1,115 acres. A shed and a camper trailer were also lost in the blaze.

Severe thunderstorms produced several small landspout tornadoes in Washington County, and intense thunderstorm winds in Elbert County. In Weld County near Frederick, strong winds from a dry microburst snapped three utility poles, and downed electrical lines. As a result, a small fire was started near Interstate 25 and State Highway 52. The fire damaged irrigation equipment in a nearby field and some power poles.

Began near Akron (40.0932, -103.0996).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF0 Washington County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 109454. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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