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F1 tornado in Pueblo County, Colorado

Tornado July 9, 2006 · Pueblo County, Colorado

F1
Rating
2.0 mi
Path length
75 yd
Path width
$100K
Damage as recorded
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 F1 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F1 meant moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken; the scale paired it with winds of 73–112 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

A non-supercell thunderstorm developed when two boundaries collided, which subsequently formed a short-lived tornado. The track of the tornado extended from The National Horsemans Arena near McCulloch Blvd. to Purcell Blvd. near a large grocery store. On the F-scale, the tornado was rated F1 at its maximum strength. The tornado cut a path, ranging from 50 feet to 200 feet wide, starting at The National Horsemans Arena. After touching down just west of the Arena, It knocked down a section of fence and shattered windows in a structure at an arena just to the east of the fence. The tornado moved on to the southern end of a campground, flipping over a trailer and ripping the sheet metal roofing off a building. It moved east-southeastward across several businesses between Industrial Blvd. and U.S. Highway 50. A lawn care business building had a large section of its eastern wall destroyed. Several trailers, boats, and vehicles were moved by the high winds. The weakening tornado struck a rather well anchored chain link fence just west of Purcell Blvd., damaging an 85 foot section of the fence. It then crossed that property, slightly damaging the fence on the other side of the property, as it weakening further.

Began near Pueblo West (38.3333, -104.7500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5522152. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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