Tornado History Map

Elbert County, Colorado tornado history

144 tornadoes recorded in or across Elbert County from 1951 to 2025, 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 Elbert County

The Storm Prediction Center records 144 tornadoes whose paths touched Elbert County, Colorado between 1951 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 73 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 6 June 1990. The most recent was on 18 May 2025.

  • 144tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 778per 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 Elbert County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF09868%
F1 / EF13726%
F2 / EF275%
F3 / EF31<1%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating1<1%

Elbert County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 38 in 2000s.1950s31960s61970s101980s231990s252000s382010s372020s2

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s3
1960s6
1970s10
1980s23
1990s25
2000s38
2010s37
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 73 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr3May26Jun73Jul21Aug17Sep3Oct1Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr3
May26
Jun73
Jul21
Aug17
Sep3
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Elbert County

  • Strongest: Colorado tornado6 June 1990, F3, 7 miles long
  • Longest path: Colorado tornado22 June 1972, F0, 13.1 miles long
  • Most recent: Colorado tornado18 May 2025, EF2, 0.9 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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