Tornado in Yuma County, Colorado

Tornado May 30, 2026 · Yuma County, Colorado

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Not rated

7.3 mi

Whole path

50 yd

Path width

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Yuma County → Phillips County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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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

Multiple different sources reported a tornado over northern Yuma County. Based on the rotation in the thunderstorm, the tornado moved north-northeast from the CR 56 and BB area of the county toward the northern county line. The tornado remained over pastures and fields, resulting in no damage.

The wider storm

A sharpening High Plains dryline in concert with a strong upper level disturbance approaching from the southwest spawned scattered thunderstorms across northeast Colorado during the late afternoon and evening hours on the 30th. Thunderstorms moved north to slightly northwest. Hail up to ping-pong ball size was measured in Yuma County. A tornado was reported north of Eckley, but caused no damage. Further south winds from thunderstorms to the west of Yuma County caused a dust storm southwest of Vernon toward the state line.

Began near Alvin (40.3783, -102.3375).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1338378. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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