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Tornado in Prowers County, Colorado

Tornado July 6, 2021 · Prowers County, Colorado

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Not rated

0.2 mi

Path length

20 yd

Path width

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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

Two brief landspout tornadoes occurred simultaneously.

The wider storm

Another active day with showers and thunderstorms occurring across southern Colorado, especially along the eastern mountains and into the I-25 corridor. While there was an isolated severe threat, the main risk on this day was heavy rainfall with flash flooding.

Began near Lamar Arpt (37.8800, -102.6900).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 977407. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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