Tornado, Weld
- When
- July 31, 8:00 PM MST to 8:15 PM MST
- Where
- Weld County, Gill to Kuner
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.450, -104.530
Tornado in Colorado, July 31, 1996
A tornado touched down near Gill. It damaged a grain bin owned by the Northern Feed and Bean of Gill.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
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- 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
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS BOU wrote it up.
A tornado touched down near Gill. It damaged a grain bin owned by the Northern Feed and Bean of Gill. Although not confirmed, it is believed the same twister was responsible for destroying a 60-ft by 250-ft storage building south of town. The tornado also uprooted a tree near Kuner, east of Kersey. The time of the tornado was approximated. In addition several twisters, strong thunderstorm winds and large hail the size of baseballs caused several power outages in central Weld County. Power was out from Kersey to Purcell, which covered a distance of 20 miles, for about 12 hours. An estimated 400 to 500 residents were without power throughout the night. Crops in the area also received substantial damage, but no dollar estimates were available.
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:58 UTC.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 31, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, July 31, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 31, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 31, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 31, 1996
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, July 31, 1996
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: 5558835.