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Tornado July 30, 2025 · Bernalillo County, New Mexico

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Not rated
0.2 mi
Path length
10 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 10 yards (0.01 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

Local news media shared a video from a viewer of a landspout just north of Rio Bravo Blvd. west of the Rio Grande. The time and location estimated based on video and radar.

The wider storm

A disturbance rotating north around the upper high circulation centered over south central U.S. followed by a backdoor front entering eastern New Mexico in the middle of the week increased monsoon moisture and shower and thunderstorm coverage across the state. Daily slow moving thunderstorms on the Ruidoso burn scars during the afternoon hours resulted in several occurrences flash flooding on and downstream of the burn scars. Slow moving thunderstorms also resulted in flash flooding on the White Sands Missile Range in eastern Lincoln County, near Elk in southwest Lincoln County on July 30th, and in Santa Fe during the evening hours of July 31st with debris flow closing Highway 38 a few miles west of Red River for several hours late on July 31st. Nearby storms also caused a landspout on the West Mesa of Albuquerque and a 73 mph wind gust at Gallup Municipal Airport on July 30th.

Began near (abq)albuquerque Intl Airport (35.0302, -106.7017).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1269371. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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