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Tornado in Washington County, Colorado

Tornado May 21, 2026 · Washington County, Colorado

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Not rated

0.9 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

Tornado lasted 4 minutes. Location and path estimated based on reports and radar.

The wider storm

A supercell thunderstorm travel east across eastern Arapahoe and Washington Counties, and also clipping far northern Lincoln Counties. Large to very large occurred at times with the largest hail reaching 4.5 inches. Three brief tornadoes were also reported by spotters. No damaged occurred as these tornadoes were over open fields.

Began near Thurman (39.6157, -103.2374).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EFU Washington County EFU Washington County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1328107. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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