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EF0 tornado in Weld County, Colorado

Tornado August 8, 2009 · Weld County, Colorado

EF0

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. 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 small tornado touched down but did no damage.

The wider storm

Severe thunderstorms broke out across the Northeast Plains of Colorado. The hardest hit areas were in Morgan, Logan and Weld Counties. Hail up to softball size was reported in Morgan County, while hail up to golfball size occurred in Logan and Weld Counties.

Began near Kaufman (40.6800, -103.8300).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 192433. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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