Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F3 tornado, Kiowa County, Colorado, October 17, 1971

RatingF3

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length5.6 mi

Width500 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (38.35, -103.00) to the end point (38.40, -102.92), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: October 17, 1971, 6:30 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F3
States: Colorado
Counties: Kiowa County
Path: 5.6 miles long, up to 500 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on October 17, 1971

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
Oct 17, 1971	F3	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
Oct 17, 1971	F3	Kansas	3.8 mi	440 yd	0
Oct 17, 1971	F3	Texas	2.3 mi	100 yd	2
Oct 17, 1971	F2	Texas	31.1 mi	100 yd	0
Oct 17, 1971	F2	Texas	28.6 mi	400 yd	4
Oct 17, 1971	F2	Texas	31 mi	100 yd	0
Oct 17, 1971	F2	Colorado	1 mi	200 yd	9
Oct 17, 1971	F2	Kansas	5.6 mi	127 yd	7
Oct 17, 1971	F2	Kansas	0.5 mi	100 yd	0
Oct 17, 1971	F1	Florida	0.3 mi	10 yd	0
Oct 17, 1971	F1	Texas	0.3 mi	50 yd	0
Oct 17, 1971	F1	Texas	0.1 mi	17 yd	0
Oct 17, 1971	F1	Texas	0.5 mi	20 yd	0
Oct 17, 1971	F1	Texas	0.5 mi	20 yd	0
Oct 17, 1971	F1	Texas	4.9 mi	50 yd	0
Oct 17, 1971	F1	Texas	8.2 mi	100 yd	0
Oct 17, 1971	F1	Texas	0.3 mi	50 yd	0
Oct 17, 1971	F1	Texas	0.3 mi	50 yd	0
Oct 17, 1971	F1	Nebraska	11.5 mi	300 yd	0
Oct 17, 1971	F0	Nebraska	0.1 mi	10 yd	0

Nearby

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Kiowa County

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.