Tornado, Washington
- When
- June 28, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 27 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.530, -103.650
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 28, 1979
4 tornado, 2 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
- $250
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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
4 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Cheyenne
- When
- June 28, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Cheyenne County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 39.000, -103.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Chaffee
- When
- June 28, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Chaffee County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.820, -102.870
Tornado, Prowers
- When
- June 28, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Prowers County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 27 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.130, -102.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Prowers
- When
- June 28, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Prowers County
- Measured
- 69 kt (79 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.080, -102.450
Tornado, Baca
- When
- June 28, 9:25 PM CST
- Where
- Baca County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 27 yd
- Coordinates
- 37.670, -102.130
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 28, 1979
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 28, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 28, 1979
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Wyoming, June 28, 1979
- Tornadoes in North Dakota, June 28, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 28, 1979
- Hail in Pennsylvania, June 28, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 28, 1979
- Hail in South Dakota, June 28, 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: 9985606, 9985607, 9985608, 9985609, 9985610, 9985611.