National Weather Service confirms 3rd tornado from last week’s storms in Arizona
A twister touched down about 3.5 miles north of the Bellemont community west of Flagstaff and took out trees in Coconino National Forest before dissipating.
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The National Weather Service confirmed Wednesday that a third tornado developed in Arizona during last week’s storms.
A twister touched down about 3.5 miles north of the Bellemont community west of Flagstaff about 5:40 a.m. on Oct. 21, the weather service said. It moved northwest about 2 miles through Coconino National Forest, uprooting and snapping trees, before dissipating west of US 180.
The tornado had estimated maximum winds of 110 mph and reached EF1 on the Enhanced Fujita scale, which rates the intensity of tornadoes from 0 to 5. The maximum path width was 600 yards, the weather service said.
Where were the other two tornadoes in Arizona?
Two other EF1 tornadoes from the same day were previously confirmed by the weather service.
About 7:30 a.m., a tornado formed in an undeveloped area of the Bradshaw Mountains about 6 miles south of Prescott. It had winds up to 105 mph and traveled about 8 miles, crossing Spruce Mountain, before dissipating. The only major impact was tree damage.
The most destructive of the three twisters developed about 7 p.m. in Heber-Overgaard. It damaged dozens of structures, leaving at least one man homeless, and took out many trees, authorities said. One person suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
The Heber-Overgaard tornado had estimated top wind speeds of 110 mph. It traveled about 9.25 miles and had a maximum path width of 350 yards.
From the morning of Oct. 21 to the night of Oct. 22, the National Weather Service issued a total of 16 tornado warnings in Arizona.
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