EF1 tornado in Teller County, Colorado

Tornado June 8, 2014 · Teller County, Colorado

EF1

Rating

7.0 mi

Whole path

75 yd

Path width

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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 in eastern Park County, caused damage in Lake George, then crossed into Teller County and uprooted several dozen trees.

The wider storm

Severe storms developed over the higher terrain, spawning a tornado which moved into northwest Teller County. There were more storms which produced severe gusts and hail in the I-25 corridor.

Began near Florissant (39.0196, -105.3297).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 512684. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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