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The National Weather Service has confirmed that a “small tornado” touched down in Mesa over the weekend.
According to the NWS, the tornado took a hot tub about a mile west of downtown Mesa, and several people reported watching the hot tub spinning over an apartment complex before it landed upside down about a quarter-mile from where it was picked up.
“At least four observers reported seeing the hot tub aloft in the cloud . . . spinning over the apartment complex,” an NWS statement says.
This happened a little before 1 p.m. on Saturday, between Alma School and Extension roads, and Main Street and University Drive.
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The tornado was measured as the weakest kind on the Enhanced Fujita scale. The wind speeds are estimated to have been between 80 and 85 mph.
A meteorologist who went out to check the damage found the “inverted hot tub,” as well as a few blown-in windows, some tile-roof damage, a few downed trees, and a downed power pole.
As you may be aware, tornadoes are not a common occurrence around Phoenix. According to the NWS, the last Phoenix-area tornado was in January 2005, near Luke Air Force Base.
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