Tornado History Map

Bent County, Colorado tornado history

59 tornadoes recorded in or across Bent County from 1956 to 2023, 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 Bent County

The Storm Prediction Center records 59 tornadoes whose paths touched Bent County, Colorado between 1956 and 2023. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 19 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF2 on 27 April 2012. The most recent was on 30 May 2023.

  • 59tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 8injuries
  • 390per 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 Bent County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF03559%
F1 / EF11220%
F2 / EF258%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating712%

Bent County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 14 in 2000s.1950s51960s31970s61980s41990s112000s142010s92020s7

The 2020s only run to 2023, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s5
1960s3
1970s6
1980s4
1990s11
2000s14
2010s9
2020s7
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 19 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr8May8Jun19Jul14Aug5Sep0Oct5Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr8
May8
Jun19
Jul14
Aug5
Sep0
Oct5
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Bent County

  • Strongest: Colorado tornado27 April 2012, EF2, 6.2 miles long
  • Longest path: Colorado tornado11 October 1997, F0, 20 miles long
  • Most recent: Colorado tornado30 May 2023, EF0, 4.6 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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