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Tornado in Bent County, Colorado

Tornado May 2, 2021 · Bent County, Colorado

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Not rated
0.9 mi
Path length
20 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 20 yards (0.01 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Tornado on the ground, west of Wiley.

The wider storm

Isolated to scattered thunderstorms developed over portions of the I-25 corridor in El Paso and Pueblo Counties during the afternoon, and then spread eastward to southeastward across the Highway 50 corridor through the evening. Some of the thunderstorms were strong to severe, with the more intense storms producing large hail of 1-2 inches in diameter and damaging wind gusts of 60-70 mph. Additionally, a tornado and wind gusts up to around 90 mph were observed across the eastern plains on this day.

Began near Mc Clave (38.1600, -102.8500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 962487. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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