2031 Boulder, Colorado Tornado

On the morning of June 14, 2031, the Storm Prediction Center issued a High Risk of severe weather for West-West Central Kansas, Eastern Colorado, and extreme Southwestern Nebraska. This included a 60% probability of significant tornadoes (EF2+) for Northeastern Colorado.

During the early afternoon hours of June 14, a Squall Line moved through Northeastern Colorado and produced a small tornado family in Denver, Colorado and an expensive hailstorm ($700 thousand) in Lakewood. As the most intense part of the Squall Line moved through Boulder and produced an intense Straight-Line-Wind event, an isolated but rather large Supercell formed near Berthoud, Colorado. The National Weather Service issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Larimer and Weld counties. Radar indicated that the storm was rapidly rotating and was very capable of producing a tornado, possibly significant, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a Tornado Warning. The tornado touched down at High-End EF1 intensity, uprooting trees, overturning vehicles, and severely stripping roofs. The tornado intensified to an EF2 and the National Weather Service issued a Tornado Emergency as a Debris-Ball became evident on radar when it began to rip the roof off of homes in a large neighborhood. It then intensified to an EF3, scouring the ground moderately, and hit the Berthoud Inn and Events, inuring 45 people as the entire roof was blown off and half of the structure was completely obliterated.

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