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EF0 tornado in Santa Fe County, New Mexico

Tornado October 11, 2008 · Santa Fe County, New Mexico

EF0

Rating

0.0 mi

Path length

10 yd

Path width

$12K

Damage as recorded

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. 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

There was a brief tornado touchdown 2 miles east of Stanley. The small tornado was on the ground for two minutes. A roof was blown off a barn, 5 power poles were knocked down and 1 pole as snapped in two.

The wider storm

A powerful early autumn storm system over the Great Basin spread strong winds and deep moisture across much of north and central New Mexico beginning early on October 11th. Strong to severe thunderstorms first developed over the southwest portion of the state and spread quickly north and east into the central valley and eastern plains by mid afternoon. High winds also developed by the afternoon over the far western portions of the state.

Began near Stanley (35.1500, -105.9446).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 130897. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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