2023年5月12日 · What appears to be a tornado touching down on the peaks of a Montana mountain range and captured in a video that went viral this week isn’t, says meteorologist Don Day. It’s a rare “land spout.”

2024年4月16日 · Tornadoes can and do hit mountains, and there have been several reports of higher-elevation tornadoes. A biggie was the Teton-Yellowstone tornado that touched down in July 1987. It traveled more than 10,000 feet (3,048 meters) above sea level up the Grand Teton mountain range and even crossed the Continental Divide.

2013年3月14日 · This article discusses the influence of mountainous terrain on tornadogenesis and distribution, discusses geographical patterns of tornadoes for four major mountain ranges of the contiguous United States, and provides examples of confirmed tornadoes that have occurred at high elevations.

2023年7月24日 · In the midst of Thursday’s continuous waves of thunderstorms, a rare, high-elevation tornado touched down on the northern slopes of Pikes Peak. On Friday, the National Weather Service Pueblo...

2024年8月12日 · The National Weather Service confirmed that an EF1 tornado with 100-mph winds touched down 5 miles north-northeast of Cripple Creek, Colorado, on Friday, August 9. Cripple Creek is about 3.6...

2024年6月4日 · On August 11, 1999, a strong tornado hit the downtown area of Salt Lake City, one of the largest cities in the Mountain West. This tornado hit during the Outdoor Retailers Convention and killed one person at the event while causing a total of 80 injuries in the city and damaging or destroying 300 buildings. Photo: NWS Salt Lake City

2024年8月26日 · Conditions at 10,000 feet are rarely conducive for the formation of a tornado. But tornadoes do sometimes form in the mountains. This one formed near Cripple Creek, Colorado, and caused some ...

2023年7月22日 · On the afternoon of July 20, 2023 Pikes Peak-America's Mountain was hit by a tornado. Preliminary rating is EF1 with winds reaching 108 mph. Thankfully, there were no injuries or fatalities.

While conditions would not be optimal for tornado development on top of mountains or over Lake Michigan, tornadoes have been documented to cross the Appalachian Mountains and cross a 10 thousand foot tall mountain in Yellowstone National Park. Strong tornadoes have also crossed the Mississippi River and other large rivers and lakes.

2023年8月2日 · National Weather Service surveyors found uprooted trees as the result of a recent tornado on the northern slopes of Pikes Peak in Colorado.