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EF0 tornado in Sedgwick County, Colorado

Tornado July 8, 2020 · Sedgwick 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 near the intersection of CO 18 and U.S. Highway 385. No damage was observed.

The wider storm

Severe thunderstorms produced several brief landspout tornadoes in Sedgwick County. One unoccupied building sustained some damage while the rest touched down in open fields. In addition, thunderstorm wind gusts up to 70 mph were measured.

Began near Julesburg (40.8655, -102.2277).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

5 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 899878. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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