Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F1 tornado, Otero County, Colorado, August 16, 1953
RatingF1
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length0.1 mi
Width10 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (38.25, -104.03) to the end point (38.25, -104.03), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- August 16, 1953, 6:00 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F1
- States
- Colorado
- Counties
- Otero County
- Path
- 0.1 miles long, up to 10 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.