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EF0 tornado in Chaves County, New Mexico

Tornado June 3, 2019 · Chaves County, New Mexico

EF0
Rating
1.4 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. 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 storm chaser reported a rain-wrapped tornado on the ground several miles west of Hagerman. Location and duration are estimated based on spotter testimony.

The wider storm

The upper level storm system responsible for the extended stretch of severe weather starting in late May 2019 produced yet another round of severe thunderstorms over parts of eastern New Mexico on June 3, 2019. The deeper low level moisture and instability started creeping farther east compared to recent days so the stronger storms were over far northeastern and far southeastern New Mexico. Large hail was reported once again with Lincoln and Chaves counties along with high winds and heavy rainfall.

Began near Lake Arthur (33.0868, -104.6348).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 817962. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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