Tornado History Map

Phillips County, Colorado tornado history

54 tornadoes recorded in or across Phillips County from 1950 to 2022, 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 Phillips County

The Storm Prediction Center records 54 tornadoes whose paths touched Phillips County, Colorado between 1950 and 2022. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 16 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 18 June 1955. The most recent was on 7 June 2022.

  • 54tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 3injuries
  • 785per 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 Phillips County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF03870%
F1 / EF11019%
F2 / EF247%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating24%

Phillips County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 14 in 1990s.1950s41960s41970s81990s142000s122010s52020s7

The 2020s only run to 2022, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s4
1960s4
1970s8
1990s14
2000s12
2010s5
2020s7
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 16 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar2Apr1May16Jun15Jul10Aug10Sep0Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr1
May16
Jun15
Jul10
Aug10
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Phillips County

  • Strongest: Colorado tornado18 June 1955, F2, 1 injury, 4.9 miles long
  • Longest path: Colorado tornado25 June 1951, F1, 1 injury, 20.2 miles long
  • Most recent: Colorado tornado7 June 2022, Unknown rating, 0 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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