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Tornado in El Paso County, Colorado

Tornado August 5, 2023 · El Paso County, Colorado

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Not rated

2.2 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.

Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Trained spotter saw the tornado on the ground around 3 to 4 miles north of his location.

The wider storm

The one and only time this year when there was a proper monsoonal tap over southern Colorado. In this case, there was weak northweserly flow aloft, and southeasterly flow at the surface, which resulted in a unstable and high shear environment. There was almost a tornado that touched down, however, no reports of debris or damage were reported.

Began near Black Forest (39.0700, -104.6700).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1134349. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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