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Quay County, New Mexico
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1950 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
43
Tornado reports
349
Hail reports
23
Floods since 1996
715
All events
1
Deaths
$6.5M
Property damage
Tornado paths in Quay County
The part of each tornado’s path NOAA recorded in this county, 41 in all. Zoom in and the paths widen to their surveyed width.
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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.
The county Emergency Manager and Quay County Sun newspaper reported 10 commercial vehicles were blown over on I-40 due to severe thunderstorm wind gusts. This along with 7 other simultaneous crashes closed I-40 for several hours in both directions. Several people were taken to th…
A small and possibly elevated landspout type tornado developed on the far east end of a rear flank outflow that swung south through east over Logan as a storm centered about 5 miles to the west moved north over Ute Lake. Damage along the track as it moved over the west side of Lo…
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The KTCC ASOS measured a 58 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
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The ASOS station at KTCC Tucumcari Municipal Airport measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 61 mph.
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The Tucumcari Airport measured a 62 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
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A trained spotter estimated 50 to 65 mph wind gusts with blowing dust.
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A West Texas mesonet station near Endee measured a 61 mph gust from a line of severe thunderstorms.
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The ASOS at Tucumcari Municipal Airport measured a 60 mph wind gust from a nearby decaying thunderstorm.
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The West Texas Mesonet station near Endee measured a 64 mph wind gust on the leading edge of a line of severe thunderstorms.
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A 63 mph wind gust was observed at Tucumcari Municipal Airport as a severe thunderstorm moved through the site.
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A trained spotter's personal weather station just northwest of Logan and north of Ute Lake measured a 60 mph wind gust as outflow winds ahead of a line of severe thunderstorms moved through. The spotter lost power shortly after. Additionally, a mesonet and UPR station very close …
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The ASOS at Tucumcari Municipal Airport measured a 58 mph as outflow winds ahead of a line of severe thunderstorms moved through the site.
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The West Texas mesonet station 2 miles southwest of Endee measured peak wind gusts of 77 mph as outflow winds ahead of a line of severe thunderstorms moved through the site.
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Trained spotter reported severe thunderstorm wind gusts kicking up lots of dust.
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The public reported a severe thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph near San Jon, NM.
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The public reported a severe thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph.
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A mesonet station 2 miles southwest of Endee measured a severe thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph.
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Trained spotter in House in southern Quay County reported an estimated wind gust of 65 mph and small broken tree limbs and branches from a cluster of severe thunderstorms.
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A trained spotter just east of House in Quay County reported broken tree branches of about 5 inches in diameter around her house caused by damaging wind gusts from a cluster of severe thunderstorms.
Hail Hail
A trained spotter 9 miles south southeast of Logan observed several inches of accumulating dime to ping pong size hail from a severe thunderstorm.
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Storm chasers on the ICECHIP field research program observed quarter to ping pong ball size hail near Quay from a severe thunderstorm.
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Damaging wind gusts from a severe thunderstorm resulted in an overturned semi-truck along I-40 at mile marker 366.
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A trained spotter near Montoya observed quarter size hail from a severe thunderstorm.
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The Tucumcari Municipal Airport ASOS measured a 61 mph wind gust from a thunderstorm.
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High wind gusts along the gust front ahead of a line of storms flipped and overturned an 18-wheeler trailer near Forrest.
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An observer on State Highway 209 at mile marker 76 looking east southeast observed a funnel cloud on the mesa south of Tucumcari.
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A funnel cloud was observed Quay County emergency manager east of Tucumcari.
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The Quay County emergency manager observed a funnel cloud over open farmland near Forrest, New Mexico.
Hail Hail
A trained spotter 1 mile southwest of Wheatland observed quarter size hail from a severe thunderstorm.
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A severe storm dropped penny to quarter size hail east of Tucumcari stripping leaves off trees.
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A severe storm dropped golf ball size hail along I-40 east of Tucumcari.
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A strong to severe storm dropped nickel size hail a few miles southeast of Logan.
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Severe thunderstorm wind gusts blew of a community center roof, church doors and destroyed numerous outbuildings in Nara Visa as reported in Quay County Sun. A social media post showed a large section of a metal fence lofted into the air and draped over a toppled tree at Burns Ra…
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The Tucumcari Airport recorded a 58mph thunderstorm wind gust.
Hail Hail
Logan Fire Department reported quarter-size hail with a few stones slightly larger from a brief severe thunderstorm.
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The Logan Fire Department reported quarter size hail from a severe thunderstorm.
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A trained spotter reported quarter size hail from a severe thunderstorm east of Tucumcari.
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A trained spotter near Wheatland reported lots of quarter size hail and wind gusts of up to 50 mph from a severe thunderstorm.
Hail Hail
A severe thunderstorm produced quarter size hail a few miles north of Wheatland.
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The Tucumcari Airport measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 58 mph.
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Outflow boundary induced wind gust.
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Two strong wind gusts of 70 and 74 mph occurred at the Tucumcari Municipal Airport as a supercell moved southeast through the town.
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Tucumcari Airport measured a 61 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
Hail Hail
A trained spotter reported lots of lightning and gusty winds along with the half dollar size hail that lasted approximately 20 minutes.
Hail Hail
Report from mPING of hen egg size hail as supercell moves east through northern Quay County.
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 0 |
| 2025 | 21 | 0 |
| 2024 | 11 | 0 |
| 2023 | 42 | 1 |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 |
| 2021 | 29 | 2 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 15 | 0 |
| 2018 | 11 | 0 |
| 2017 | 13 | 0 |
| 2016 | 9 | 0 |
| 2015 | 18 | 0 |
| 2014 | 29 | 0 |
| 2013 | 25 | 0 |
| 2012 | 23 | 0 |
| 2011 | 6 | 0 |
| 2010 | 15 | 0 |
| 2009 | 30 | 0 |
| 2008 | 33 | 1 |
| 2007 | 22 | 1 |
| 2006 | 9 | 0 |
| 2005 | 24 | 0 |
| 2004 | 23 | 1 |
| 2003 | 39 | 0 |
| 2002 | 23 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 1 |
| 2000 | 17 | 0 |
| 1999 | 22 | 1 |
| 1998 | 15 | 1 |
| 1997 | 13 | 0 |
| 1996 | 18 | 1 |
| 1995 | 17 | 4 |
| 1994 | 11 | 2 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 8 | 2 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 21 | 2 |
| 1988 | 2 | 1 |
| 1987 | 3 | 1 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 2 |
| 1979 | 2 | 1 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1975 | 1 | 0 |
| 1974 | 2 | 1 |
| 1973 | 1 | 0 |
| 1972 | 2 | 2 |
| 1971 | 9 | 2 |
| 1970 | 3 | 2 |
| 1969 | 3 | 0 |
| 1967 | 2 | 0 |
| 1966 | 2 | 1 |
| 1965 | 3 | 2 |
| 1964 | 3 | 2 |
| 1963 | 2 | 1 |
| 1962 | 1 | 0 |
| 1961 | 3 | 2 |
| 1960 | 3 | 0 |
| 1959 | 2 | 1 |
| 1957 | 1 | 1 |
| 1956 | 1 | 0 |
| 1950 | 1 | 1 |
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