88
Recorded events
2
Direct deaths
17
Direct injuries
$5.6M
Property damage
Tornado in Prowers County, Colorado: 88 recorded events between 1958 and 2023. The strongest on record measured F3. That places the county #87 nationally and #14 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Tornado in Prowers County, Colorado: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for tornado in Prowers County is the 2000s, when 28 of the county's 88 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Prowers County archive, tornado makes up 12.8% of all recorded severe weather across 9 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #87 for this hazard and #14 within Colorado, putting it in the 97.1 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
May is the peak month for tornado in Prowers County with 30 recorded events, while Jan is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Tornado tracks
Paths crossing this county
| Date | Scale | Path length | Max width | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-03-28 | EF3 | 28.0 mi | 900 yd | Touched down here |
| 2023-06-23 | EF3 | 13.1 mi | 320 yd | Touched down here |
| 2001-05-29 | EF3 | 3.0 mi | 50 yd | Touched down here |
| 2012-04-27 | EF2 | 2.0 mi | 200 yd | Touched down here |
| 2012-04-27 | EF2 | 19.1 mi | 200 yd | Touched down here |
| 1975-06-08 | EF2 | 1.0 mi | 220 yd | Touched down here |
| 1968-06-24 | EF2 | 0.1 mi | 100 yd | Touched down here |
| 1989-05-21 | EF1 | 1.0 mi | 30 yd | Touched down here |
| 1989-06-06 | EF1 | 2.0 mi | 23 yd | Touched down here |
| 1988-05-02 | EF1 | 0.5 mi | 40 yd | Touched down here |
Significant events
Deadliest on record
| Date | Location | Scale | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 2007 | HOLLY | EF3 | 2 | 9 | $4.0M |
| Apr 27, 2012 | LAMAR | EF2 | 0 | 7 | $500K |
| Jun 25, 1968 | F2 | 0 | 1 | $25K |
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2023 | GRANADA | EF3 | $0 |
| May 30, 2023 | WILEY | EF0 | $0 |
| Jun 8, 2022 | LAMAR | EFU | $0 |
| Jul 6, 2021 | LAMAR ARPT | EFU | $0 |
| May 21, 2020 | HOLLY | EFU | $0 |
| May 21, 2020 | GRANADA | EFU | $0 |
| May 26, 2019 | LAMAR | EFU | $0 |
| Apr 12, 2017 | GRANADA | EFU | $0 |
| Jul 14, 2014 | LAMAR | EF0 | $0 |
| Jul 25, 2013 | GRANADA | EF0 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Prowers County
- Hail 366
- Thunderstorm Wind 178
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
This long-track tornado began southeast of Lamar and damaged an electrical substation along county road EE. A power outage in the Lamar area lasted for over 12 hours. Two communication towers were downed…and four dwellings were destroyed.
Thunderstorms spawned six brief tornadoes and an F3 tornado within a three mile radius of the Lamar Municipal Airport between 1049 MST and 1231 MST just west of Lamar. The F3 tornado, which showed supercellular characteristics, completely destroyed a modular home and five vehicles in its vicinity, and damaged two other homes nearby. Eleven power poles were destroyed as well.
A slow-moving landspout tornado occurred over a wheat field and caused no damage, although it can very close to hitting a fleeing wheat combine. Two other weaker landspout tornadoes occurred simultaneously within a mile of the aforementioned landspout tornado.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many tornado events are on record in Prowers County, Colorado?
88 tornado events are recorded in Prowers County between 1958 and 2023, causing 2 direct deaths.
What is the strongest tornado recorded in Prowers County?
The strongest tornado on record in Prowers County measured F3.
Where does the tornado data for Prowers County come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
Cite this page
“Tornado in Prowers County, Colorado.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/colorado/prowers-county/tornado/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.