EF0 tornado — Lincoln County, Colorado

EF0 tornado in Lincoln County, Colorado

Tornado June 19, 2018 · Lincoln County, Colorado

EF0

Rating

0.0 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

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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 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 touched down briefly in an open field. No damage was observed.

The wider storm

Very large hail, up to 3 inches in diameter, pummeled portions of the Front Range Urban Corridor and extended across the northeast plains of Colorado. Reports of collapsed roofs due to hail were reported, with major hail damage across northern portions of the Denver metro area. The Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association estimated the property damage from the storm totaled $276.4 million, making it the 8th costliest hailstorm to strike the state to date. Frontage roads along Interstate 76 northeast of Denver were also flooded and washed out. In Lincoln County, large hail in the Arriba and Genoa areas damaged vehicles along Interstate 70. A total of four short-lived tornadoes touched down in the open country of Lincoln and Weld counties. Thunderstorms in Lincoln County also produced damaging wind gusts up to 70 mph.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 752406. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

EF0 tornado in Lincoln County, Colorado

What the National Weather Service wrote

The wider storm

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