Tornado History Map

Mesa County, Colorado tornado history

10 tornadoes recorded in or across Mesa County from 1998 to 2015, 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 Mesa County

The Storm Prediction Center records 10 tornadoes whose paths touched Mesa County, Colorado between 1998 and 2015. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is April, with 2 tornadoes. The strongest was an F1 on 8 September 2000. The most recent was on 9 July 2015.

  • 10tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 30per 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 Mesa County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0880%
F1 / EF1220%
F2 / EF200%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Mesa County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 8 in 2000s.1990s12000s82010s1

The 2010s only run to 2015, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1990s1
2000s8
2010s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 2 in Apr.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr2May2Jun1Jul1Aug2Sep1Oct1Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr2
May2
Jun1
Jul1
Aug2
Sep1
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Mesa County

  • Strongest: Colorado tornado8 September 2000, F1, 0.4 miles long
  • Longest path: Colorado tornado17 October 2004, F0, 7.5 miles long
  • Most recent: Colorado tornado9 July 2015, EF1, 0.1 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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