Tornado Warnings in New Mexico
642 tornado warnings since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.
Tornado Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 642
- Busiest year
- 200840 tornado warnings
- Average year
- 16over 40 years on file
Over time
By year
Before October 2007 these were issued for whole counties, and a storm crossing three counties was often three warnings; since then one polygon follows the storm. The count changed with the practice, not only with the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lea County97
- Chaves County87
- Quay County68
- Roosevelt County63
- Eddy County59
- San Miguel County55
- Union County54
- Curry County51
- Harding County41
- Lincoln County35
- Guadalupe County29
- De Baca County26
- Torrance County25
- Otero County18
- Mora County18
- Colfax County16
- Doña Ana County16
- Santa Fe County12
- Sandoval County11
- Valencia County10
- Socorro County8
- Bernalillo County6
- Cibola County6
- Luna County5
- San Juan County2
- Rio Arriba County2
- Los Alamos County1
- Taos County1
- McKinley County1
The latest tornado warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 6:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Union | 16 min |
| Jun 7, 6:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Union | 30 min |
| Jun 5, 3:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 19 min |
| Jun 5, 3:37 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 23 min |
| Jun 5, 3:36 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 12 min |
| May 25, 5:17 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Curry, Roosevelt | 28 min |
| May 5, 2:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Chaves, De Baca | 35 min |
| May 1, 7:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Quay | 15 min |
| Apr 26, 7:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 21 min |
| Apr 26, 7:22 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Lea | 38 min |
| Apr 26, 6:46 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 44 min |
| Apr 26, 6:19 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 26 min |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.