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Tornado (F3) — Prowers, Colorado

May 29, 2001 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$150K
Tornado scale
F3
Area
Prowers

Event narrative (NOAA)

Thunderstorms spawned six brief tornadoes and an F3 tornado within a three mile radius of the Lamar Municipal Airport between 1049 MST and 1231 MST just west of Lamar. The F3 tornado, which showed supercellular characteristics, completely destroyed a modular home and five vehicles in its vicinity, and damaged two other homes nearby. Eleven power poles were destroyed as well.

Other notable tornado events in Colorado

Prowers · March 28, 20072 killedWeld · May 22, 20081 killedLincoln · May 31, 1999$4.0MYuma · August 8, 2023$1.0MLogan · July 5, 2000$750KWashington · May 30, 1996$300K

Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.

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