EFU Tornado — Cheyenne, Colorado

2025-05-23 · near Kit Carson, Cheyenne, Colorado

Event narrative

Off duty NWS employee and other storm chaser live stream shows tornado ongoing. EM called and confirmed tornado just south of town.

Wider weather episode

On the afternoon of the 23rd, a few low precipitation supercells form in eastern Colorado and proceeded to the east, before turning to the southeast. As these storms turned to the southeast, they quickly intensified and began producing hail up to 2.75 inches. A brief tornado was also reported south of Kit Carson.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1264244. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.