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Tornado in Adams County, Colorado

Tornado August 19, 2024 · Adams County, Colorado

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Not rated

0.7 mi

Path length

25 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 25 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

Multiple spotters have confirmed location. Tornado lasted about 5-6 minutes. It remained nearly stationary for about 2 minutes, then slowly drifted westward.

The wider storm

Severe thunderstorms developed along a convergence boundary that stretched from Limon to Sterling. The storms produce hail up to an inch and a half in diameter, winds to 60 mph, two landspout tornadoes and flash flooding.

Began near Leader (39.7514, -103.9738).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EFU Adams County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1199022. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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