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Tornado in San Juan County, New Mexico

Tornado September 22, 2022 · San Juan County, New Mexico

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Not rated

0.1 mi

Path length

20 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 20 yards (0.01 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A landspout tornado formed briefly about 10 miles north of Lake Valley, NM near State Road 371. No injuries or damage occurred with this storm.

The wider storm

A deep fetch of subtropical moisture streaming over New Mexico allowed scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms with heavy rainfall to impact parts of the region. A couple thunderstorms along the Continental Divide became strong with gusty outflow winds, frequent lightning strikes, and hail. One of the stronger storms produced a brief landspout tornado near Lake Valley, NM in San Juan County. No damage or injuries occurred with this brief storm.

Began near Tsaya (36.2400, -108.1800).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1047728. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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