Tornado, Lincoln
- When
- May 31, 5:45 PM MST
- Where
- Lincoln County, Genoa to 3 mi NE of Genoa
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 7 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Reported by
- STORM CHASER
- Coordinates
- 39.320, -103.530
Tornadoes in Colorado, May 31, 1999
Two tornadoes touched down causing extensive damage north of Genoa. The first tornado, an F2, caused minor damage to a home, but substantial damage to trees in the area.
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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $4.0 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Two tornadoes touched down causing extensive damage north of Genoa. The first tornado, an F2, caused minor damage to a home, but substantial damage to trees in the area. The second tornado, an F3, destroyed 2 mobile homes and several grain bins. It also caused moderate damage to 2 framed houses. At one farm, several dogs that were boarded in kennels were killed. Several trees and dozens of power poles were also snapped, and a pickup truck was tossed over a quonset hut. Damage was estimated to be $3-4 million.
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:46 UTC.
Event by event
2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Lincoln
- When
- May 31, 5:47 PM MST to 6:15 PM MST
- Where
- Lincoln County, Genoa to 6 mi NE of Genoa
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 7 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $4.0 million
- Reported by
- STORM CHASER
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -103.580
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.
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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: 5699025, 5699026.