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Tornado in Curry County, New Mexico

Tornado May 23, 2023 · Curry County, New Mexico

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Not rated

0.5 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

An off duty National Weather Service employee reported a landspout that began near County Road 6 and Curry Road B and moved south to near County Road 5. There was no damage reported.

The wider storm

Afternoon thunderstorms developed along a sharpening dryline across eastern NM. Storms strengthened as they tracked eastward toward the Texas border, producing large hail and even a landspout tornado. Hail reports ranged in size from pennies to golf balls and were focused across Quay and Curry counties. The landspout was reported just south of Texico and caused no damage.

Began near Texico (34.3470, -103.0590).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1088945. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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