Tornado in Bernalillo County, New Mexico

Tornado June 5, 2023 · Bernalillo County, New Mexico

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Not rated

0.0 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 brief landspout tornado was spotted on the mesa above Petroglyph National Monument. No damage occurred. Exact time and location were estimated. Report relayed via KRQE.

The wider storm

An upper-level low off the coast of California helped funnel in subtropical moisture into the state resulting in the development of widespread showers and storms across central and eastern New Mexico June 5th and 6th. Reports of severe weather and flash flooding stretched from the Rio Grande Valley across portions of eastern NM on June 5th. These reports ranged from a landspout tornado near the Petroglyph National Monument and Nara Visa, NM to flash flooding. Another round of severe weather began in the afternoon of June 6th producing more widespread reports over the same area of the state. Reports ranged from burn scar flash flooding within the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon burn scar and Santa Rosa, to large hail over parts of San Miguel County.

Began near (aeg)double Eagle Ii Airport (35.1624, -106.7662).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EFU Quay County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1093276. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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