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Tornado in Pueblo County, Colorado

Tornado March 26, 2024 · Pueblo County, Colorado

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Not rated

0.2 mi

Path length

10 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.

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

Video from a local on social media revealed a landspout tornado feature near Pueblo West. The video showed clear circulation from cloud to ground, the landspout was on the ground for approximately 2 to 3 minutes, moving in an eastward direction. No damage was reported.

The wider storm

During late March, yet another deep upper level trough dug in across the western US. This, along with a strong southwesterly flow from the subtropical jet, brought in sufficient moisture and synoptic/orographic lift for another round of snowfall for parts of SE Colorado. Additionally, the strong synoptic forcing and convective nature of parts of this system did allow for the formation of one landspout tornado on March 26th.

Began near Pueblo West (38.3902, -104.7076).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1168223. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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