Tornado, Curry
- When
- June 10, 4:46 PM MST
- Where
- Curry County, 15 mi W of (Cvs)cannon Afb Clov
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.380, -103.580
Tornado in New Mexico, June 10, 1996
A small tornado over open rangeland was reported by an air force observer. Other spotters only reported heavy dust along the rear flank outflow boundary.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS ABQ wrote it up.
A small tornado over open rangeland was reported by an air force observer. Other spotters only reported heavy dust along the rear flank outflow boundary.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Texas, June 10, 1996
- Flash Flood in Illinois, June 10 to 11, 1996
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, June 10, 1996
- Tornado in Virginia, June 10, 1996
- Tornado in Virginia, June 10, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Texas, June 10, 1996
- Flash Flood in Maryland, June 10, 1996
- Flash Flood in Maryland, June 10, 1996
- Dust Devil in Arizona, June 10, 1996
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, June 10 to 11, 1996
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 10, 1996
- Hail in New York, June 10, 1996
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for New Mexico, 1996Warnings in New Mexico, June 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5566774.