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EF0 tornado in Las Animas County, Colorado

Tornado June 17, 2023 · Las Animas County, Colorado

EF0

Rating

2.0 mi

Path length

10 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 10 yards (0.01 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. 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

Delayed report of a weak tornado that was briefly on the ground. Reported via picture on social media.

The wider storm

The continued deluge of heavy rain, severe thunderstorms, flash flooding, and tornadoes continue over southern Colorado by yet another closed low located over southern California. The largest hail stone was 4 inches as reported by law enforcement and emergency management located in Baca County. Heavy rains continue over the I-25 corridor, with multiple reports of additional flooding in El Paso and Pueblo Counties.

Began near Thatcher (37.7200, -104.4500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1115784. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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