New Mexico, 1993

Tornado in New Mexico, September 2, 1993

September 2, 1993 · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$50,000
Crop damage
$5,000
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.

Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, De Baca

When
September 2, 7:20 PM MST
Where
De Baca County, Fort Sumner
Rating
F1
Path length
0.5 mi
Path width
30 yd
Property damage
$50,000
Crop damage
$5,000
Coordinates
34.620, -104.420

A tornado moved across Sumner Lake, hitting the Alamo Boat Club Deck. The tornado damaged and flipped over two pontoon boats, stripped the roof from one cabin, damaged roofs of five other cabins and broke several power poles and television antennas.

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

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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: 10335578.