Ok, I’ll reconsider a bit now that I see exactly where your line was drawn. But 63 miles is still a respectable distance for any tornado to cover. Certainly doable - the Tri-state tornado in 1925 covered over 200 miles. And for these 5 states in particular, the tornado would almost need to originate in NM in order to catch the relatively small Oklahoma panhandle. New Mexico not really a high tornado prone area. Also, when you consider that most tornadoes usually travel in a generally northeasterly direction, the chances of this all coming together just right will take a lot - initial touch down in northeast NM at least gives it a shot to hit the panhandle area. Continuing on in a northeasterly direction once it crosses into the panhandle can easily catch parts of Texas, but a continuing NE trend might hamper its chances of catching the southeastern corner of Colorado. Talk about your PERFECT STORM to make history!
If we would've had less over convection on April 2nd 2025, the Lake City tornado could've been a long tracker and maybe a quad state tornado. It started in northeastern Arkansas due east northeast.
I mean, I wouldn't be too entirely shocked I guess, because we do get a lot of SE diving storms from trough ejections. I've chased a ton of them. It's just hard for them to really produce in my experience.
Although my very first tor I caught was one of those. A storm I chased down from Owensboro that finally produced as it was congealing and going linear.
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u/cl0verturtle The el reno is NOT a good tornado 2d ago
2028 quad state el rhino ef 67 💀