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Tornado in Elko County, Nevada

Tornado June 5, 2023 · Elko County, Nevada

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Not rated

0.5 mi

Path length

500 yd

Path width

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. 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

Public submitted photos of a tornado SE of Wells over mountainous terrain of the Wood Hills area. No survey was conducted due to no apparent damage and inaccessible or remote terrain. Path length an width were guessed at.

The wider storm

Showers and thunderstorms produced gusty outflow winds and a brief tornado.

Began near Moor (41.0300, -114.8400).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1098258. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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