Tornado History Map

Alamosa County, Colorado tornado history

16 tornadoes recorded in or across Alamosa County from 1955 to 2014, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Alamosa County

The Storm Prediction Center records 16 tornadoes whose paths touched Alamosa County, Colorado between 1955 and 2014. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 4 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 10 July 1955. The most recent was on 22 May 2014.

  • 16tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 221per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Alamosa County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01063%
F1 / EF1531%
F2 / EF216%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Alamosa County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in 2000s.1950s31970s11980s21990s32000s52010s2

The 2010s only run to 2014, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s3
1970s1
1980s2
1990s3
2000s5
2010s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar2Apr0May3Jun4Jul4Aug3Sep0Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr0
May3
Jun4
Jul4
Aug3
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Alamosa County

  • Strongest: Colorado tornado10 July 1955, F2, 0.1 miles long
  • Longest path: Colorado tornado26 June 2006, F0, 5 miles long
  • Most recent: Colorado tornado22 May 2014, EF0, 0.3 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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