EF1 tornado in Arapahoe County, Colorado
Tornado May 18, 2025 · Arapahoe County, Colorado
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Tornado touched down off of Manila Road in the Arapahoe County side of Bennet, CO and quickly moved north-northeast before lifting. Several properties were damaged.
The wider storm
Four tornadoes occurred just to the south and east of metro Denver in the early afternoon of Sunday, May 18th.
The first tornado that produced damage in northwest Elbert County was an uncharacteristically strong landspout, as well as the last tornado that occurred northeast of Bennett. The other two tornadoes were more strongly associated with a parent thunderstorm, known as a supercell.
The first is for the initial tornado, rated EF2, in and near the Elkhorn neighborhood of extreme northwest Elbert County, Colorado. The second is an EF1 that occurred south
of Manila Village. The third and fourth tornadoes were both ranked EF2. These tornadoes tracked just to the west and north of Bennett, Colorado. They were two separate tornadoes, and were both on the ground at the same time between 140 pm and 146 pm.
Began near Arapahoe Park (39.6600, -104.5500).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1298719. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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