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Tornado in Arapahoe County, Colorado

Tornado August 10, 2025 · Arapahoe County, Colorado

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Not rated

0.4 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.

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

Several reports and pictures of a brief tornado over an open field.

The wider storm

Strong to severe thunderstorms develop across northeast Colorado. Large hail was the main impact. A brief tornado form east of Denver over the open plains. No damage was reported with the tornado. Numerous photos and reports were passed along to the National Weather Service.

Began near Peoria (39.6600, -104.1400).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1272004. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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