Thunderstorm Wind, Pueblo
- When
- July 15, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Pueblo County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.280, -104.650
Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 15, 1979
2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Huerfano
- When
- July 15, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Huerfano County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 27 yd
- Coordinates
- 37.750, -104.650
Tornado, Huerfano
- When
- July 15, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Huerfano County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 27 yd
- Coordinates
- 37.750, -104.650
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, July 15, 1979
- Tornado in New Mexico, July 15, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 15, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 15, 1979
- Hail in Nebraska, July 15, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 15, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 15, 1979
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 15, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 15, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 15, 1979
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 15, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Nevada, July 15, 1979
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 9985629, 9985630, 9985631.