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EF1 tornado in Douglas County, Colorado

Tornado July 14, 2025 · Douglas County, Colorado

EF1

Rating

0.3 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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

Lasted about 90 seconds. Damage to the roof (was removed) of a commercial building.

The wider storm

A brief (90 seconds) landspout tornado damaged a roof to a strip mall in Franktown. Near the intersection of Highways 83 and 86.

Began near Franktown (39.3912, -104.7521).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EFU Weld County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1265155. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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