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NOUS45 KPUB 202214  
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO, CO  
414 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2025  
   
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 6/17/25 TELLER COUNTY TORNADO
 
 
RATING: EF-1  
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 106 MPH  
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.44 MILES  
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS  
FATALITIES: NONE  
INJURIES: NONE  
 
START DATE: 7/17/25  
START TIME: 1241 PM MDT  
START LOCATION: 2 MILES NNE OF DIVIDE, COLORADO  
START LAT/LON: 38.97/-105.13  
 
END DATE: 7/17/25  
END TIME: 1245 PM MDT  
END LOCATION: 2 MILES NNE OF DIVIDE, COLORADO  
END LAT/LON: 38.97/-105.12  
 
SURVEY SUMMARY: DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON ON JUNE 17TH, 2025, A  
SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED OVER NORTHWEST TELLER COUNTY. AS  
IT SHIFTED TO THE SOUTHEAST TOWARDS HIGHWAY 24, IT CONTINUED TO  
STRENGTHEN. AS THE STORM FURTHER INTENSIFIED, A TORNADO DEVELOPED  
2 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF DIVIDE. IT QUICKLY CAUSED EXTENSIVE  
TREE DAMAGE JUST WEST OF COUNTY ROAD 25. AS THE TORNADO MOVED EAST,  
IT CONTINUED TO CAUSE TREE DAMAGE OVER 15 ACRES OF LARGE AND HEALTHY  
SOFTWOOD AND HARDWOOD TREES IN THIS LOCATION. THE TREES WERE SNAPPED  
AND OTHERS WERE UPROOTED. AT THIS POINT, THE TORNADO WAS AT PEAK  
INTENSITY GIVEN THE EXTENT OF THE TREE DAMAGE IN THIS LOCATION.  
 
THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT, WITH THE DEGREE OF  
DAMAGE TO THE SOFTWOOD TREES INDICATING THE HIGHEST ESTIMATED  
WINDS WERE UP TO 106 MPH. ALSO OBSERVED IN THIS LOCATION, WERE  
CLEAR CONVERGENT AND CYCLONIC DAMAGE PATTERNS. THE TORNADO  
CONTINUED EAST CROSSING COUNTY ROAD 25, WHERE ADDITIONAL UPROOTED  
SOFTWOOD TREES WERE OBSERVED, BEFORE LIFTING JUST TO THE EAST OF  
THE ROAD.  
 

 
 
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE  
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:  
 
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH  
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH  
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH  
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH  
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH  
EF5.....>200 MPH  
 
NOTE:  
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO  
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS  
STORM DATA.  
 

 
 
MOZLEY/PETERSON/RODRIGUEZ/SKELLY  
 
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