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EF0 tornado in Otero County, Colorado

Tornado June 17, 2013 · Otero County, Colorado

EF0

Rating

6.0 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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 occurred over open country from the north edge of the La Junta Airport to a point just north of State Highway 194 north of Bents Fort, causing no damage.

The wider storm

Severe storms occurred across Crowley and Otero Counties producing large hail and damaging winds. In addition, a tornado occurred in northern Otero County near the La Junta Airport.

Began near (lhx)la Junta Arpt (38.0720, -103.5320).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 450707. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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