Bencana · Wing Mountain tornadoFlagstaff tornado: Wing Mountain confirmed as third twister from October 21 stormsDitulis 29 Oktober 2026 pukul 19.43 UTCTontonTranskrip0:07A tornado snapped and uprooted large ponderosa pines along a two point three mile0:11track.0:11Officials have now confirmed three tornadoes from last week's storms in northern0:15Arizona.0:16The newly added Wing Mountain tornado caused forest damage near Bellamont.0:19West of Flagstaff, its final rating and measurements are still awaiting review.0:24The tornado touched down about three point five miles north of Bellamont in Coconano0:28County.0:29It moved northeast through the forest and dissipated just west of Highway180 .0:33The survey places both ends of the track near Fort Valley.0:36Wing Mountain was the first of that day's three tornadoes to touch down and the last0:40to be confirmed.0:41The National Weather Service's Flagstaff Office added it to the storm record a week0:44later, on Wednesday, October twenty-eight.0:47Officials issued the update Wednesday afternoon.0:50That fixes the confirmation date at October twenty-eight, even though news coverage0:53continued Thursday.0:55The update explicitly added Wing Mountain to the tornado survey alongside the two0:58tornadoes officials had already confirmed.1:00The storm itself happened on October twenty, one eight days before this report.1:05The new development is the confirmation of that earlier tornado.1:08The survey describes where it travelled and what it damaged during those early1:11morning minutes.1:12The tornado touched down at five forty one amperes m and dissipated at five1:18forty seven amperes.1:20Um Mountain Standard Time, that's six minutes on the ground on October twenty one.1:25Officials added it to the survey on October twenty-eight, separating the storm's1:29timing from its confirmation.1:30The measured damage track was two point three four miles long.1:34The shorter description, two point three miles, rounds that same measurement.1:37At its widest point, the path reached six hundred yards.1:40Large ponderosa pines were snapped and uprooted along the corridor.1:44Local officials and community members supplied information that helped the1:47assessment.1:48The damaged survey documents a corridor through the forest, with broken and uprooted1:52trees among the evidence used to describe the tornado's strength and path.1:55The preliminary rating is EF1, the second lowest category on the enhanced Fujita1:59scale.2:00That category covers estimated winds from eighty-six to one hundred and ten miles an2:03hour.2:03Wing Mountain's estimated peak sits at the top of that range.2:07Surveyors estimated peak winds of110 miles an hour from the damage.2:11That figure describes their assessment of the tornado's strongest winds.2:14The EF1 rating, wind estimate, and track measurements all remain preliminary, while2:18the event awaits final review.2:20The other two tornadoes struck near Prescott and in Heber Overguard.2:23Spruce Mountain touched down at seven thirty two that morning.2:27Heber Overguard followed at six fifty nine that evening.2:30Both had already been confirmed before officials added Wing Mountain.2:33Spruce Mountain traveled eight point zero two miles with estimated peak winds of one2:37hundred and five miles an hour.2:39Heber Overguard traveled nine point two six miles with an estimated peak of one2:43hundred and ten miles.2:43Both received preliminary EF1 ratings, the same category assigned to Wing Mountain.2:48Spruce Mountain stayed on the ground for fourteen minutes and reached three hundred2:51yards wide.2:52Heber Overguard lasted eleven minutes and reached three hundred and fifty yards2:56wide.2:56It damaged homes, trees, and a commercial building, and one person suffered a3:00non-life-threatening injury.3:02Wing Mountain had zero reported injuries and zero fatalities.3:06Spruce Mountain also had no reported injuries.3:08Officials may revise the preliminary findings during final review and publication in3:12the National Weather Service's storm data.3:14They haven't announced a date for that review.Baca artikelKronologi ceritaHeyDex
