EF0 tornado in Bernalillo County, New Mexico

Tornado August 3, 2011 · Bernalillo County, New Mexico

EF0

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

10 yd

Path width

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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 landspout formed underneath a developing updraft is southeast Albuquerque. Though the landspout picked up some dust, no damage was noted.

The wider storm

One of the most active monsoonal days occurred on August 3rd, with heavy rains noted across much of the state. However, the biggest impact came to the recently burned areas, particularly to the Las Conchas and White Fire burn scars. Minor flooding was reported across many other locations, including around Abo, Folsom, and Grants. A few storms also reported severe wind gusts in outflow boundaries, including around White Sands Missile Range. Even a landspout formed in the Albuquerque metro area.

Began near Carnuel (34.9864, -106.4825).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 339709. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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