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EF0 tornado in Taos County, New Mexico

Tornado July 13, 2009 · Taos County, New Mexico

EF0

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

10 yd

Path width

$10K

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

A brief tornado, likely a landspout, occurred two miles south of the Highway 64 and 285 intersection. The tornado tore the roof off a barn and ripped up some fencing.

The wider storm

Though no hail or heavy rain occurred around the area, a brief tornado formed south of Tres Piedras causing damage to a barn and fencing.

Began near Tres Piedras (36.6211, -105.9700).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 178611. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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