Funnel Cloud in New Mexico

Events

175

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Damage

None recorded

• Tornadoes and Hail in New Mexico, May 26, 2019$2.3 million · EF2 · 41 eventsA potent upper level storm system approaching New Mexico from the west interacted with deep moisture and very unstable conditions along a sharp dryline over eastern New Mexico on May 26, 2019.
• Tornado and Flash Flood in New Mexico, August 9, 20171 death · $255,000 · EF0 · 13 eventsDeep moisture and instability over eastern New Mexico combined with northwest flow aloft to produce scattered strong to severe thunderstorms over the east-central and northeast plains.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flood in New Mexico, May 21, 20181 death · 5 injured · EF0 · 32 eventsA deep fetch of moisture surged north and west into New Mexico on May 21, 2018 ahead of an upper level low pressure system approaching from Arizona.
• Tornadoes and Hail in New Mexico, May 9, 2017$370,000 · EF0 · 64 eventsA potent upper level low pressure system moving slowly east across the desert southwest for several days combined with abundant moisture and instability on the 9th to generate a widespread, significant severe weather outbreak over central and eastern New Mexico.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in New Mexico, June 7, 2014$305,000 · EF0 · 42 eventsThis was the second day in a mutli-day significant severe weather outbreak across eastern New Mexico.
• Tornado and Flash Flooding in New Mexico, July 7, 20151 injured · $1.1 million · EF0 · 5 eventsMonsoon moisture firmly in place over New Mexico focused another round of very heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorms. Storms with torrential rainfall and strong winds erupted over the state.
• Tornado and Heavy Snow in New Mexico, December 27 to 29, 2019$350,000 · EF1 · 12 eventsAn upper level low pressure system that moved slowly northeast from Arizona into New Mexico on December 27, 2019 produced light to moderate mountain snow with valley rain.
• Tornadoes and Hail in New Mexico, June 8, 2014$105,000 · EF1 · 22 eventsNumerous thunderstorms with strong winds, tornadoes, large hail, and heavy rainfall impacted New Mexico on this third in a series of significant severe weather days.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, October 12, 2012$500,000 · 2.75 in hail · 10 eventsAn upper level low was approaching from the west along with a dryline/Pacific front. Good low level moisture and instability from clearing skies were present to the east of the dryline. These features interacted to produce severe weather across Southeast New Mexico.
• Tornadoes and Hail in New Mexico, June 3, 2018$255,000 · EF0 · 23 eventsA potent back door frontal boundary shifted west through the Rio Grande Valley and delivered much higher moisture levels west to the Continental Divide on June 3rd.
• Tornado and Hail in New Mexico, October 30, 1998$320,000 · F0 · 16 eventsSeveral bands of rare mid-fall severe thunderstorms developed across east central New Mexico just south of a stationary cold front that lay from Clovis to Las Vegas.
• Tornado and Hail in New Mexico, June 21, 2004$300,000 · F0 · 16 eventsStorms which dumped large hail on Raton with considerable automobile damage and breakage of building windows moved east into Union County where at least one brief tornado was reported.
• Tornadoes and Hail in New Mexico, May 25 to 26, 2025$66,000 · EF1 · 23 eventsHigher moisture moved into eastern New Mexico early on May 25th behind a backdoor cold front.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flood in New Mexico, June 6, 2014$115,000 · EF0 · 30 eventsA moist backdoor cold front pushed southwest across the eastern plains and through the central mountains. Strong instability and sufficient low level shear set the stage for a significant round of severe weather across eastern New Mexico.
• Flash Flooding in New Mexico, July 1, 2021$280,000 · 3 eventsAn abundant amount of atmospheric moisture remained in place across New Mexico on July 1, 2021, which set the stage for another round of widespread thunderstorms across the area.
• Flash Flood and Hail in New Mexico, June 11 to 12, 2023$111,000 · 2.75 in hail · 15 eventsA backdoor front brought moist easterly upslope flow into northeastern NM on June 11th and June 12th.
• Tornadoes and Hail in New Mexico, April 8, 2004$40,000 · F1 · 11 eventsAn isolated thunderstorm formed over extreme southeast Lincoln County and then moved east through south central Chaves County producing a string of weak tornadoes and then collapsing with a burst of baseball size hail.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in New Mexico, June 6, 2016$160,000 · 2 in hail · 6 eventsThe persistent warm and moisture-rich atmosphere for early June continued to provide the ingredients for strong to severe thunderstorms with heavy rainfall. The strongest storms rolled south off the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
• Tornadoes and Hail in New Mexico, June 4, 2003$40,000 · F0 · 32 eventsA small thunderstorm that formed over south central San Miguel County at mid afternoon moved eastward into northwest Quay County where it intensified. Near Tucumcari the storm developed strong mesocylcone radar signatures.
• Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in New Mexico, September 21, 2014$130,000 · 6 eventsA prolonged period of moderate to locally heavy rainfall associated with the remnant moisture from Hurricane Odile impacted much of southern and eastern New Mexico between the 17th and 20th.
• Tornado and Flash Flooding in New Mexico, September 18, 2013$101,000 · EF0 · 7 eventsA weak upper level jet axis focused directly over central New Mexico interacted with abundant low level moisture entrenched over the region to produce scattered strong to severe thunderstorms.
• Flash Flooding and Flood in New Mexico, July 28 to 29, 2014$65,000 · 8 eventsAn active and persistent pattern maintained a heightened threat for flash flooding across much of the state. An upper level high was centered over portions of northern New Mexico and southern Colorado.
• Tornadoes and Hail in New Mexico, October 11, 1997$60,000 · F0 · 9 eventsA series of severe thunderstorms developed across Colfax County prior to the passage of a strong cold front. Storms developed repeatedly over south central areas of the county between Springer and Cimarron and sped northeast mainly across open range.
• Hail in New Mexico, May 30, 1997$30,000 · 2.5 in hail · 14 eventsSeveral supercells developed near the Colorado border and moved rapidly southward through the highlands of northeast New Mexico.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, June 12, 2012$34,000 · 2 in hail · 11 eventsA flat upper ridge was over the Southern Plains with a stationary cold front across the Permian Basin and Southeast New Mexico. An unstable air mass was across the region with very moist air and hot temperatures.

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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.