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EF0 tornado in Apache County, Arizona

Tornado June 17, 2021 · Apache County, Arizona

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 land spout tornado was reported by the public on Highway 191. The land spout formed along a gust front produced by a thunderstorm.

The wider storm

Mid level moisture increased over northern Arizona and isolated thunderstorm developed. A landspout formed along a gust front from a thunderstorm.

Began near Sanders (35.0800, -109.1800).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 967999. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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