Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, Lincoln County, Colorado, May 31, 1999

RatingF2

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length7 mi

Width100 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (39.32, -103.53) to the end point (39.32, -103.45), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 31, 1999, 6:45 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Colorado
Counties: Lincoln County
Path: 7 miles long, up to 100 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 31, 1999

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width
May 31, 1999	F3	Colorado	7 mi	200 yd
May 31, 1999	F2	Michigan	1.8 mi	200 yd
May 31, 1999	F1	Colorado	0.2 mi	50 yd
May 31, 1999	F1	Kansas	4.2 mi	150 yd
May 31, 1999	F1	Kansas	1.5 mi	n/a
May 31, 1999	F1	Oklahoma	2.5 mi	100 yd
May 31, 1999	F1	Colorado	0.5 mi	50 yd
May 31, 1999	F0	Wyoming	0.1 mi	30 yd
May 31, 1999	F0	Alabama	0.1 mi	20 yd
May 31, 1999	F0	Kansas	2 mi	30 yd
May 31, 1999	F0	Kansas	0.2 mi	50 yd
May 31, 1999	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	n/a
May 31, 1999	F0	Texas	0.3 mi	70 yd
May 31, 1999	F0	Oklahoma	0.5 mi	50 yd
May 31, 1999	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 31, 1999	F0	Oklahoma	1 mi	200 yd
May 31, 1999	F0	Colorado	0.1 mi	n/a
May 31, 1999	F0	Oklahoma	0.2 mi	50 yd
May 31, 1999	F0	Oklahoma	2 mi	440 yd
May 31, 1999	F0	Kansas	2 mi	n/a
May 31, 1999	F0	Oklahoma	2 mi	n/a

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

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