{"id":16470,"date":"2016-05-26T12:46:09","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T18:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=16470"},"modified":"2016-05-26T12:48:12","modified_gmt":"2016-05-26T18:48:12","slug":"national-weather-service-rates-damaging-may-24-tornadoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/colorado-weather\/national-weather-service-rates-damaging-may-24-tornadoes\/","title":{"rendered":"National Weather Service rates damaging May 24 tornadoes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Damage from a May 24, 2016 tornado is seen on a farm near Platner, Colorado. (National Weather Service)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The thunder rolled across eastern Colorado on Tuesday, May 24 \u2013 as did hail, wind and tornadoes.\u00a0 Washington County saw the most intense activity with multiple twisters including one damaging tornado that has been rated an EF-1.<\/p>\n

The National Weather Service sent survey teams to the area to evaluate the damage inflicted by Mother Nature.<\/p>\n

They found two tornadoes of relatively weak EF-0 strength occurred near Akron.\u00a0 Neither any caused damage.<\/p>\n

Near Platner though, a more powerful tornado ripped through a farm at about 6:50pm that evening.\u00a0 The twister lifted a pole barn, destroying it.\u00a0 Debris was found one mile away.<\/p>\n

Wind and hail ripped across an area six miles wide near Akron causing extensive damage.\u00a0 Farm equipment was toppled and a barn heavily damaged by the wind while houses saw the siding punctured and windows broken from hail.<\/p>\n

Below are images taken by the National Weather Service of the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Public Information Statement\r\nNational Weather Service Denver\/Boulder CO\r\n1056 AM MDT THU MAY 26 2016\r\n\r\n...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 05\/24\/16 TORNADO EVENT... \r\n\r\n.OVERVIEW...A long-lived supercell thunderstorm moved across\r\neastern Colorado and produced two EF-1 tornadoes and two EF-0\r\ntornadoes in Washington County on May 24, 2016. Widespread wind\r\nand hail damage also occurred, with a swath of damage nearly 6\r\nmiles wide at some points east and northeast of Akron.\r\n\r\n.Washington County tornado near Platner...\r\n\r\nRating:                 EF-1\r\nEstimated peak wind:    86-110 mph\r\nPath length \/Statute\/:  0.9 miles\r\nPath width \/Maximum\/:   20 yards\r\nFatalities:             0\r\nInjuries:               0\r\n\r\nStart date:             May 24 2016\r\nStart time:             650 PM MDT\r\nStart location:         1 mile northeast of Platner \/ Washington County \/ CO\r\nStart Lat\/Lon:          40.1647 \/ -103.0467\r\n\r\nEnd date:               May 24 2016\r\nEnd time:               655 PM MDT\r\nEnd location:           1 mile east of Platner \/ Washington County \/ CO\r\nEnd_lat\/lon:            40.155 \/ -103.0366\r\n\r\nThis tornado struck one farm, lofting and completely destroying\r\na pole shed, and also damaging trees. Power lines were snapped\r\njust to the southeast of the farm.\r\n\r\n.Washington County tornado near Yuma County line...\r\n\r\nRating:                 EF-1\r\nEstimated peak wind:    110 mph\r\nPath length \/Statute\/:  0.1 mile\r\nPath width \/Maximum\/:   90 yards\r\nFatalities:             0\r\nInjuries:               0\r\n\r\nStart date:             May 24 2016\r\nStart time:             715 PM MDT\r\nStart location:         9 miles north\/northwest of Yuma \/ Washington County \/ CO\r\nStart Lat\/Lon:          40.2350 \/ -102.7943\r\n\r\nEnd date:               May 24 2016\r\nEnd time:               716 PM MDT\r\nEnd location:           9 miles north\/northwest of Yuma \/ Washington County \/ CO\r\nEnd_lat\/lon:            40.2348 \/ -102.7936\r\n\r\nThis tornado struck one farm, destroying a pole shed. Slight roof damage\r\noccurred to the house, along with some tree damage.\r\n\r\n.Washington County tornado 1 mile Northeast of Akron...\r\n\r\nRating:                 EF-0\r\nEstimated peak wind:    65-85 mph\r\nPath length \/Statute\/:  0.0 miles\r\nPath width \/Maximum\/:   10 yards\r\nFatalities:             0\r\nInjuries:               0\r\n\r\nStart date:             May 24 2016\r\nStart time:             644 PM MDT\r\nStart location:         1 mile southeast of Akron \/ Washington County \/ CO\r\nStart Lat\/Lon:          40.1490 \/ -103.1981\r\n\r\nEnd date:               May 24 2016\r\nEnd time:               644 PM MDT\r\nEnd location:           1 mile southeast of Akron \/ Washington County \/ CO\r\nEnd_lat\/lon:            40.1490 \/ -103.1981\r\n\r\nBrief touchdown with no damage.\r\n\r\n.Washington County tornado 1 mile Southeast of Akron...\r\n\r\nRating:                 EF-0\r\nEstimated peak wind:    65-85 mph\r\nPath length \/Statute\/:  0.0 miles\r\nPath width \/Maximum\/:   10 yards\r\nFatalities:             0\r\nInjuries:               0\r\n\r\nStart date:             May 24 2016\r\nStart time:             647 PM MDT\r\nStart location:         1 mile northeast of Akron \/ Washington County \/ CO\r\nStart Lat\/Lon:          40.1708 \/ -103.1959\r\n\r\nEnd date:               May 24 2016\r\nEnd time:               647 PM MDT\r\nEnd location:           1 mile northeast of Akron \/ Washington County \/ CO\r\nEnd_lat\/lon:            40.1708 \/ -103.1959\r\n\r\nBrief touchdown with no damage.\r\n\r\nEF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale Classifies\r\nTornadoes into the following categories.\r\n\r\nEF0...Weak...... 65 to 85 mph\r\nEF1...Weak...... 86 to 110 mph\r\nEF2...Strong.... 111 to 135 mph\r\nEF3...Strong.... 136 to 165 mph\r\nEF4...Violent... 166 To 200 mph\r\nEF5...Violent... >200 mph*\r\n\r\nNOTE:\r\nThe information in this statement is PRELIMINARY and subject to\r\nchange pending final review of the events and publication in\r\nNWS Storm Data.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The thunder rolled across eastern Colorado on Tuesday, May 24 \u2013 as did hail, wind and tornadoes.\u00a0 Washington County saw the most intense activity with multiple twisters including one damaging tornado that has been rated an EF-1. The National Weather Service sent survey teams to the area to evaluate the damage inflicted by Mother Nature. … Continue reading National Weather Service rates damaging May 24 tornadoes<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[334,757,15],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16470"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16470"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16473,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16470\/revisions\/16473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}