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EF0 tornado in Baca County, Colorado

Tornado July 29, 2009 · Baca County, Colorado

EF0

Rating

0.2 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.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 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 tornado formed approximately 8 miles west of Pritchett and moved south-southwest, and lasted for a brief time before dissipating. The landspout caused no damage.

The wider storm

Numerous severe thunderstorms occurred over the southeast plains. There was hail up to the size of baseballs and wind gusts around 60 mph at times were noted. The city of Pueblo was particularly hard hit with golf ball to tennis ball size hail. Damage estimates were around $110 million to vehicles, structures, and crops.

Began near Pritchett (37.3801, -103.0092).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 190446. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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