EF0 Tornado — Yavapai, Arizona

2025-05-06 · near Entro, Yavapai, Arizona

0.1 mi

Path length

30 yds

Path width

Event narrative

Public reported, via Facebook, photos and a video of a landspout tornado in Prescott Valley. The video showed the tornado passing over Pronghorn Ranch Middle School, displacing some roof shingles and lofting a garbage can 50-100 feet into the air. Tornado was rated an EF-0 based on the video footage.

Wider weather episode

A late season upper level Low moved into the Desert Southwest and remained stationary over the area from May 5th to May 6th. This was followed by a secondary upper level low that moved in on May 7th. Both lows produced numerous showers, thunderstorms and even high elevation snow showers above 7000 feet.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1241806. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.