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EF1 tornado in Saguache County, Colorado

Tornado September 13, 2025 · Saguache County, Colorado

EF1

Rating

0.8 mi

Path length

95 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 95 yards (0.05 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

A brief tornado developed along the northern slopes of Sawtooth

Mountain during the early afternoon of September 13th, 2025. This

tornado was at approximately 11,300ft in elevation. It quickly

pushed eastward causing tree damage and then dissipated after

about 5 minutes. Images from Saguache County Emergency Management

and a damage scar recognized via satellite data, were used to

perform the damage survey. Both radar data and the environment

were supportive of a tornado at this location.

The wider storm

Amplified troughing was in place over the region, bringing unseasonably strong shear to the area. A brief tornado develop along the northern slopes of Sawtooth Mountain in Saguache County as a supercell thunderstorm passed across the Continental Divide.

Began near Sargents (38.3000, -106.8500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1295142. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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