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Tornado in Reeves County, Texas

Tornado May 9, 2023 · Reeves County, Texas

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Not rated

1.0 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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

Landspout: A photo of an apparent landspout tornado near Saragosa was shared on social media. Location and time were estimated by radar. Path length and width were estimated. There was no reported damage with this landspout.

The wider storm

Broad lee troughing and a closed upper-low over the Texas Gulf coast aided in the development of scattered thunderstorms near and adjacent to the west Texas high terrain. A few severe reports resulted from this activity.

Began near Saragosa (31.0300, -103.5800).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1100078. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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