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EF0 tornado in Baca County, Colorado

Tornado June 25, 2017 · Baca County, Colorado

EF0

Rating

4.4 mi

Path length

200 yd

Path width

$2K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 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, at one time multiple-vortex, did some damage to fencing as it moved mainly across open fields around 3 miles west of Walsh and crossed US Highway 160.

The wider storm

A few severe storms produced very large hail up to the size of baseballs and a tornado near Walsh. Very large hail and severe winds in Walsh caused extensive damage to structures and vehicles. Power was knocked out for several hours and numerous businesses were closed for several days for clean up. Severe microburst winds also occurred west of Walsh. The tornado occurred just west of the microburst damage.

Began near Walsh (37.4167, -102.3206).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 697707. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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