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Tornado in Luna County, New Mexico

Tornado October 8, 2019 · Luna County, New Mexico

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Not rated

0.2 mi

Path length

10 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 10 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 picture was submitted via social media from a weather spotter showing a brief tornado northeast of Hermanas.

The wider storm

A large upper trough was moving through the Four Corners region. An upper level jet of almost 100 knots was located over New Mexico with another jet diving down the back side of the trough. Several strong thunderstorms developed over Luna county with one able to produce a brief landspout tornado.

Began near Hermanas (31.9400, -107.8600).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 861623. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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