Colorado, 1998

Tornado in Colorado, July 3, 1998

July 3, 1998 · NWS PUB · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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.

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 66 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:36 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, El Paso

When
July 3, 2:37 PM MST to 2:38 PM MST
Where
El Paso County, 5 mi ENE of Colorado Spgs
Rating
F0
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
50 yd
Reported by
NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
Coordinates
38.870, -104.730

A brief tornado touched down at Henry Elementary School on the east side of Colorado Springs. A heating unit on the roof was knocked over, opening a large hole in the roof. Heavy rain then came in through the roof and caused some minor flood damage in the school.

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: 5663001.