EF1 tornado — Adams County, Colorado

EF1 tornado in Adams County, Colorado

Tornado July 27, 2018 · Adams County, Colorado

EF1

Rating

2.0 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$100K

Damage as recorded

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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 EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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 a tossed a cattle feeder one quarter of a mile. In addition, some farm equipment was knocked over and the windows of a home were blown out.

The wider storm

Five tornadoes touched down, three of those produced damage on an EF-1 scale. South of Byers, a tornado took to roof off a manufactured home and partially destroyed an outbuilding. The tornado flipped a UPS truck end over end and injured the driver. The second tornado near Ponderosa Park uprooted several trees. The third tornado near Deer Trail tossed a cattle feeder approximately one-quarter of a mile, blew over some farm equipment and blew out the windows of a home. In addition to the tornadoes, severe thunderstorms produced hail up to golf ball size, heavy rain along with some minor

flooding. Multiple power lines were downed and Eads experienced a power outage.

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 760410. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

EF1 tornado in Adams County, Colorado

What the National Weather Service wrote

The wider storm

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