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EF0 tornado in Otero County, Colorado

Tornado May 8, 2015 · Otero County, Colorado

EF0

Rating

0.8 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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 short-lived tornado occurred over open country and caused no damage.

The wider storm

Severe storms brought some flooding, damaging winds, hail up to the size of golf balls, and a brief tornado in Otero County.

Began near La Junta (37.8953, -103.5750).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 568047. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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