Colorado, 1998

Tornado in Colorado, July 1, 1998

July 1, 1998 · NWS PUB · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A tornado touched down 5 miles west-northwest of Pueblo West and tracked east-southeast, finally dissipating 2 miles east-southeast of Pueblo West. The tornado tossed two overhead campers at a dealership into the air but produced little damage elsewhere.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$7,000
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 PUB wrote it up.

A tornado touched down 5 miles west-northwest of Pueblo West and tracked east-southeast, finally dissipating 2 miles east-southeast of Pueblo West. The tornado tossed two overhead campers at a dealership into the air but produced little damage elsewhere.

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1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Pueblo

When
July 1, 4:45 PM MST to 5:41 PM MST
Where
Pueblo County, Pueblo West to 5 mi ESE of Pueblo West
Rating
F0
Path length
7 mi
Path width
50 yd
Property damage
$7,000
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
38.370, -104.830

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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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: 5662882.