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Tornado in Hidalgo County, New Mexico

Tornado September 1, 2016 · Hidalgo County, New Mexico

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Not rated

0.4 mi

Path length

20 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 20 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

A landspout tornado was photographed just northwest of Lordsburg. No damage was reported and no survey was done to rate the tornado. Location and path are approximate based on photographer location.

The wider storm

A surface high over the plains states brought moist southeast flow into the region with dew points into the upper 50s to lower 60s. An upper ridge was located right over the Rockies with weak flow aloft keeping storm motion very slow with flash flooding reported in Silver City due to 1 to 3 inches of rain. A weak tornado was even reported near Lordsburg.

Began near Lordsburg (32.3557, -108.7427).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 659957. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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