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Grant County, New Mexico
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1957 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
7
Tornado reports
58
Hail reports
69
Floods since 1996
172
All events
2
Deaths
$2.3M
Property damage
Tornado paths in Grant County
The part of each tornado’s path NOAA recorded in this county, 7 in all. Zoom in and the paths widen to their surveyed width.
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All storm eventsTornadoes
NOAA's storm database records tornadoes back to 1950 and hail and thunderstorm wind back to 1955, but floods only from 1996 on. Older floods are missing here. For those, the U.S. Geological Survey's stream gauge records and flood reports are the place to look.
Most significant events
The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.
Tornado F3 Tornado
Widespread rainfall amounts of 2 inches to almost 3.5 inches occurred around Silver City in the early morning hours. A water rescue was necessary in Tyrone. One vehicle was swept away in the Pinos Altos Creek low water crossing on East 19th Street. The vehicle became wedged in cu…
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
The Silver City AWOS recorded a peak gust of 61 mph.
Hail Hail
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Debris caused flooding to approach houses near the intersection of Fahey and Royal.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Debris flow was reported about 7 miles north-northwest of Mimbres. Flooding was reported across New Mexico 35 causing the road to be impassable about 4 miles north-northwest of Mimbres.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
The Burro Mountain RAWS recorded a peak gust of 69 mph.
Hail Hail
Hail up to one inch in diameter was reported in Gila Hot Springs.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Low water crossings were flowing along New Mexico 35 south of Camp Thunderbird. NMDOT crews were out to clean up debris across the road.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Debris flow off of the Trout Fire was flowing down Pictograph Canyon across Highway 35. The road was impassable. Radar indicated 1.5 to 2 inches of rainfall above the road.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Runoff out of Allie Canyon flowed across Highway 35 to a depth of 1.5 feet.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
An off-duty NWS employee estimated wind gusts of 60-70 mph 10 miles west of Gage.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A spotter reported a 60 mph wind gust along with a lot of pea size hail and a half inch of rain.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
The Silver City AWOS recorded a peak gust of 59 mph.
Hail Hail
Dime to nickel sized hail one inch deep fell around the Gila Hot Springs area. In addition to the hail, 1.30 inches of rain fell in an hour.
Hail Hail
Hail the size of quarters fell for several minutes.
Heavy Rain Heavy Rain
Several rainfall reports of over 4 inches around the Silver City area with the Gila area receiving 2-2.5 inches.
Flood Flood
A bridge collapsed on US 180 between Silver City and Cliff due to flooding on a creek that feeds the Gila River. It took several days to repair the bridge. In addition one structure near the river was washed off it's foundation.
Flood Flood
The Mimbres River was out of it's bank causing some areas of New Mexico Highway 61 to be impassable at several low water crossings.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Dispatched reported Highway 35 was washed out from flooding out of Shingle Canyon.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A spotter reported a peak wind gust of 59 mph two miles northeast of Gila.
Heavy Rain Heavy Rain
A CoCoRaHS observer received 4.30 inches of rain.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Twitter report showed flash flooding on Bill Evans Road south of Gila, NM.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Highway 61 south of San Lorenzo was impassable due to heavy rain and resulting flash flooding.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Spotter measured a wind gust to 74 mph northeast of Gila.
Hail Hail
Hail was mostly pea to marble size, but a few dime size.
Hail Hail
Hail covered the ground.
Hail Hail
Hail Hail
Also received half inch of rain in 20 minutes.
Hail Hail
Heavy Rain Heavy Rain
Our Cooperative Observer reported 3.10 inches of rain in Redrock and a report from the public had 3.50 inches.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Up to three and a half inches of rain fell across the area between Redrock and Lordsburg resulting in flash flooding and roads becoming impassable along New Mexico Highway 464.
Heavy Rain Heavy Rain
A total of 2.45 inches of rain fell near Tyrone in just a one hour time frame.
Hail Hail
Multiple broken windows were reported in Hachita due to the hail.
Hail Hail
Golf ball sized hail about 3 miles north of Hachita.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Heavy Rain Heavy Rain
A 3 hour rainfall total of 4.50 inches was reported in Bayard.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Numerous roads were closed along and near Highway 180 in Silver City due to flash flooding. Other cities affected by the flooding included Santa Clara around Twin Sisters Peak Road and numerous roads around Bayard and Hurley. Rainfall amounts around this area averaged 1 to 2 inch…
Hail Hail
Hail Hail
Numerous cars damaged along Highway 180 near Highway 61 exit. Hail covering the ground.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Significant street and stream flooding was reported throughout downtown Silver City.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Numerous roads impassable in and around Silver City. Ridge Road also closed along San Vicente arroyo west of Grant County Airport.
Hail Hail
Up to ping pong ball size hail on Interstate 10 about 3 miles east-southeast of Separ.
Hail Hail
Hail Hail
Hail Hail
Tornado EF0 Tornado
Landspout tornado reported just south of Separ.
Hail Hail
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
The Silver City AWOS recorded a peak gust of 61 mph along with rain totaling 2.96 inches over a 2 hour period.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A spotter estimated wind gusts to 60 mph. Several branches were down on College Avenue between NM-90 and the WNMU Campus, including College and Pope.
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 |
| 2015 | 9 | 1 |
| 2014 | 9 | 0 |
| 2013 | 23 | 0 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 |
| 2010 | 7 | 0 |
| 2009 | 4 | 0 |
| 2008 | 9 | 0 |
| 2007 | 15 | 1 |
| 2006 | 11 | 0 |
| 2004 | 4 | 0 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 1 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 2 |
| 1974 | 1 | 0 |
| 1971 | 1 | 0 |
| 1967 | 2 | 1 |
| 1964 | 1 | 0 |
| 1961 | 2 | 0 |
| 1957 | 1 | 1 |
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