{"id":25019,"date":"2025-05-21T13:00:52","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T19:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=25019"},"modified":"2025-05-22T07:49:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T13:49:04","slug":"national-weather-service-completes-damage-assessments-of-may-18-tornadoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/colorado-weather\/national-weather-service-completes-damage-assessments-of-may-18-tornadoes\/","title":{"rendered":"National Weather Service completes damage assessments of May 18 tornadoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 949px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54533277355_c84dea78b1_o.jpg\" alt=\"May 18, 2025 - A tornado touches down near Bennett. (Arapahoe County Sherriff's office)\" width=\"949\" height=\"626\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">May 18, 2025 &#8211; A tornado touches down near Bennett. (Arapahoe County Sherriff&#8217;s office)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The National Weather Service has completed their damage assessments of this past Sunday\u2019s tornadoes in Arapahoe and Adams counties. The service tallied four twisters, three rated EF-2 and one EF-1.<\/p>\n<p>The largest of the twisters, northeast of Bennett, hit an estimated peak wind speed of 112 mph. Its damage path was nearly five miles long and at times, 400 yards wide. It was on the ground for 15 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>A second twister before that one started in Arapahoe County and ended in Adams. It saw max winds of 125 mph, a path just over 5 miles long and a maximum width of 200 yards.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/bou\/May182025ECOTornadoes\">More on the National Weather Service&#8217;s website<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Details on the twisters are:<\/p>\n<p>Public Information Statement&#8230;CORRECTED<br \/>\nNational Weather Service Denver\/Boulder CO<br \/>\n1153 AM MDT Wed May 21 2025<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;NWS Damage Survey for 05\/18\/25 Tornado Event&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Overview&#8230;Four tornadoes occurred just to the south and east of metro Denver in the early afternoon of Sunday, May 18th. The first tornado that produced damage in northwest Elbert County was an uncharacteristically strong landspout, as well at the last tornado that occurred northeast of Bennett. The other two tornadoes were more strongly associated with a parent thunderstorm, known as a supercell.<\/p>\n<p>The following information is for four separate tornado tracks surveyed on May 19th. The first is for the initial tornado, rated EF2, in and near the Elkhorn neighborhood of extreme northwest Elbert County, Colorado. The second is an EF1 that occurred south of Manila Village. The third and fourth tornadoes were both ranked EF2. These tornadoes tracked just to the west and north of Bennett, Colorado. They were two separate tornadoes, and were both on the ground at the same time between 140 pm and 146 pm. All data is preliminary and subject to change as new information is received.<\/p>\n<p><strong>.Elkhorn Ranch&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rating: EF2<br \/>\nEstimated Peak Wind: 125 mph<br \/>\nPath Length \/statute\/: 0.94 miles<br \/>\nPath Width \/maximum\/: 50 yards<br \/>\nFatalities: 0<br \/>\nInjuries: 0<\/p>\n<p>Start Date: 05\/18\/2025<br \/>\nStart Time: 01:07 PM MDT<br \/>\nStart Location: 6 SSW Oea Building \/ Elbert County \/ CO<br \/>\nStart Lat\/Lon: 39.5584 \/ -104.6226<\/p>\n<p>End Date: 05\/18\/2025<br \/>\nEnd Time: 01:12 PM MDT<br \/>\nEnd Location: 5 SSW Oea Building \/ Arapahoe County \/ CO<br \/>\nEnd Lat\/Lon: 39.5693 \/ -104.6123<\/p>\n<p><strong>.Manila Rd&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rating: EF1<br \/>\nEstimated Peak Wind: 95 mph<br \/>\nPath Length \/statute\/: 2.53 miles<br \/>\nPath Width \/maximum\/: 75 yards<br \/>\nFatalities: 0<br \/>\nInjuries: 0<\/p>\n<p>Start Date: 05\/18\/2025<br \/>\nStart Time: 01:23 PM MDT<br \/>\nStart Location: 2 NE Oea Building \/ Arapahoe County \/ CO<br \/>\nStart Lat\/Lon: 39.6614 \/ -104.5519<\/p>\n<p>End Date: 05\/18\/2025<br \/>\nEnd Time: 01:32 PM MDT<br \/>\nEnd Location: 4 SSW Manila Village \/ Arapahoe County \/ CO<br \/>\nEnd Lat\/Lon: 39.6917 \/ -104.527<\/p>\n<p><strong>.Bennett&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rating: EF2<br \/>\nEstimated Peak Wind: 125 mph<br \/>\nPath Length \/statute\/: 5.09 miles<br \/>\nPath Width \/maximum\/: 200 yards<br \/>\nFatalities: 0<br \/>\nInjuries: 0<\/p>\n<p>Start Date: 05\/18\/2025<br \/>\nStart Time: 01:30 PM MDT<br \/>\nStart Location: 3 SSE Manila Village \/ Arapahoe County \/ CO<br \/>\nStart Lat\/Lon: 39.7191 \/ -104.4948<\/p>\n<p>End Date: 05\/18\/2025<br \/>\nEnd Time: 01:46 PM MDT<br \/>\nEnd Location: 1 NNW Bennett \/ Adams County \/ CO<br \/>\nEnd Lat\/Lon: 39.7706 \/ -104.4394<\/p>\n<p><strong>.NE Bennett&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rating: EF2<br \/>\nEstimated Peak Wind: 112 mph<br \/>\nPath Length \/statute\/: 4.62 miles<br \/>\nPath Width \/maximum\/: 400 yards<br \/>\nFatalities: 0<br \/>\nInjuries: 0<\/p>\n<p>Start Date: 05\/18\/2025<br \/>\nStart Time: 01:40 PM MDT<br \/>\nStart Location: 2 NNE Bennett \/ Adams County \/ CO<br \/>\nStart Lat\/Lon: 39.7838 \/ -104.4074<\/p>\n<p>End Date: 05\/18\/2025<br \/>\nEnd Time: 01:55 PM MDT<br \/>\nEnd Location: 6 NNE Bennett \/ Adams County \/ CO<br \/>\nEnd Lat\/Lon: 39.8397 \/ -104.379<\/p>\n<p>&amp;&amp;<\/p>\n<p>EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the<br \/>\nfollowing categories:<\/p>\n<p>EF0&#8230;..65 to 85 mph<br \/>\nEF1&#8230;..86 to 110 mph<br \/>\nEF2&#8230;..111 to 135 mph<br \/>\nEF3&#8230;..136 to 165 mph<br \/>\nEF4&#8230;..166 to 200 mph<br \/>\nEF5&#8230;..&gt;200 mph<\/p>\n<p>NOTE:<br \/>\nThe information in this statement is preliminary and subject to<br \/>\nchange pending final review of the events and publication in<br \/>\nNWS Storm Data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Weather Service has completed their damage assessments of this past Sunday\u2019s tornadoes in Arapahoe and Adams counties. The service tallied four twisters, three rated EF-2 and one EF-1. The largest of the twisters, northeast of Bennett, hit an estimated peak wind speed of 112 mph. Its damage path was nearly five miles long &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/colorado-weather\/national-weather-service-completes-damage-assessments-of-may-18-tornadoes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">National Weather Service completes damage assessments of May 18 tornadoes<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[15],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25019"}],"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=25019"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25023,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25019\/revisions\/25023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}