Tornado History Map

Union County, New Mexico tornado history

47 tornadoes recorded in or across Union County from 1951 to 2024, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Union County

The Storm Prediction Center records 47 tornadoes whose paths touched Union County, New Mexico between 1951 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 20 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF2 on 23 May 2010. The most recent was on 28 May 2024.

  • 47tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 123per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Union County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF03472%
F1 / EF1817%
F2 / EF249%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating12%

Union County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 13 in 2010s.1950s21960s101970s81980s11990s72000s32010s132020s3

The 2020s only run to 2024, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s10
1970s8
1980s1
1990s7
2000s3
2010s13
2020s3
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 20 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr1May20Jun12Jul8Aug3Sep3Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May20
Jun12
Jul8
Aug3
Sep3
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Union County

  • Strongest and Longest path: New Mexico tornado23 May 2010, EF2, 22 miles long
  • Most recent: New Mexico tornado28 May 2024, Unknown rating, 3.5 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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