Tornado in Phillips County, Colorado

Tornado May 30, 2026 · Phillips County, Colorado

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Not rated

7.3 mi

Whole path

15 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 15 yards (0.01 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

Brief tornado over open fields moved north from Yuma County into Phillips County before dissipating.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms, a few which were severe, track north-northeast across the plains of northeast Colorado. Hail up to 1.5 inch in diameter, wind gusts to 70 mph and a tornado.

Began near Holyoke (40.4395, -102.3119).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1350865. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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