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F0 tornado in Prowers County, Colorado

Tornado May 29, 2001 · Prowers County, Colorado

F0
Rating
0.2 mi
Path length
25 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

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 F0 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F0 meant light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken; the scale paired it with winds of 40–72 mph, figures later judged too high, especially toward the top of the scale, and revised downward in the Enhanced Fujita scale. Ratings then, as now, came from the damage.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The first in a series of seven tornadoes occurred with no known damage. The video documentation of the first six tornadoes indicated they were non-supercellular in nature.

Began near Lamar (38.0833, -102.6500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

8 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

F3 Prowers CountyF0 Kiowa CountyF0 El Paso CountyF0 Prowers CountyF0 Prowers CountyF0 Prowers CountyF0 Prowers CountyF0 Prowers County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5248645. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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