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EF0 tornado in Yavapai County, Arizona

Tornado May 6, 2025 · Yavapai County, Arizona

EF0

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

30 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 30 yards (0.02 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

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.

The wider storm

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.

Began near Entro (34.6344, -112.3154).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1241806. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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