EFU Tornado — Reeves, Texas

2023-05-09 · near Saragosa, Reeves, Texas

Event narrative

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.

Wider weather episode

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.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (31.0300, -103.5800)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1100078. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.