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EF0 tornado in Phillips County, Colorado

Tornado July 4, 2019 · Phillips County, Colorado

EF0
Rating
0.0 mi
Path length
25 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 small tornado touched down in an open field; no damage was observed.

The wider storm

On the Fourth of July, severe thunderstorms brought a wave of large hail across portions of Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Jefferson, Larimer, Lincoln, Weld, and Washington counties. The hail ranged in size from one to two inches in diameter. The city of Lone Tree evacuated Sweetwater Park, where Fourth of July celebrations were underway, and Brighton delayed its Fourth of July concert. The Denver Outlaws game was postponed due to lightning. In Denver County, there was widespread damage from the hail, including damage to roof coverings and vehicles. A brief landspout also formed in an open field in Phillips County but no damage was observed.

Began near Holyoke (40.5400, -102.3600).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 824754. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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