Tornado in Kiowa County, Colorado
Tornado June 17, 2019 · Kiowa County, Colorado
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 the National Weather Service wrote
A brief tornado touched down just southwest of Chivington, CO in Kiowa County. Storm chaser said the tornado lifted just before getting to Chivington and they saw no visible damage. Contact with county Emergency Management provided no discernible damage was reported so storm survey was not conducted.
The wider storm
A very active severe weather day across portions of the eastern Colorado plains on June 17th. Several supercells developed in Kiowa County and remained nearly stationary producing areas of flash flooding and tornadoes with large hail.
Farther south, large hail was reported near Pueblo and Pinon. Largest hail reported was tennis ball size right before the storm hit downtown Pueblo. Winds gusted to near 70 MPH with small hail at the Pueblo County Memorial Airport, just east of the NWS Pueblo forecast office.
Severe wind gusts continued into southeast Colorado with several reports of 65+ MPH in Baca and Otero Counties.
Began near Chivington (38.4000, -102.5800).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 838800. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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