EF0 Tornado — San Miguel, New Mexico

2023-10-01 · near Manuelitas, San Miguel, New Mexico

Event narrative

Damage assessment conducted by San Miguel Emergency Management discovered damage to a roof of one house, an overturned chicken coop near the damaged house, and power poles downed between Escondido Lane and Wyatt Dr. intersecting County Road A1.

Wider weather episode

Continued moist southerly flow across eastern NM ahead of a deep storm system resulted in the development of more scattered showers and storms across eastern NM. Some of these storms became severe, with one of these storms producing a tornado near Sapello in northwest San Miguel County.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1129364. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.