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Tusas Mountains Including Chama County, New Mexico
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 2019 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
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Tornado reports
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Hail reports
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Floods since 1996
102
All events
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Deaths
$50K
Property damage
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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.
Wildfire Wildfire
The Beehive fire began west of Tres Piedras, NM within the Tres Piedras Ranger District and just north of U.S. Highway 64 near the intersection with FR 133. Critical fire weather conditions allowed the fire to rapidly grow June 27th through 29th to 4,171 acres by the end of the m…
Drought Drought
Extreme drought remained persistent over nearly all of the zone.
Drought Drought
Extreme drought expanded to a majority of the zone.
Drought Drought
Extreme drought was introduced to the far northwestern portion of the zone near Chama.
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Heavy snow and near blizzard conditions resulted in the closure of U.S. 64 in the zone. The San Antonio SNOTEL measured an estimated 8 inches of snowfall with 6 to 7 inches measured elsewhere in the zone.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
The Bateman SNOTEL in the southern Tusas Mountains observed an estimated 10 inches of snowfall. An estimated 4 to 7 inches of snowfall was observed across the rest of the zone.
Drought Drought
Extreme drought conditions were removed from the zone.
Drought Drought
Extreme drought conditions persisted across the majority of the zone.
Drought Drought
Extreme drought conditions persisted across the majority of the zone.
Drought Drought
Extreme drought conditions persisted across the majority of the zone.
Winter Weather Winter Weather
The Hopewell and Bateman SNOTELs estimated an event total of 12 and 11 inches respectively that occurred over a 36 to 48 hour period in two distinctly separate periods.
Drought Drought
Extreme drought persisted across the majority of the zone.
Drought Drought
Extreme drought conditions were introduced to the majority of the zone.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
An estimated 10 inches of snow was observed at the Hopewell SNOTEL.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
An estimated 13 inches of snowfall was observed at the Chamita SNOTEL northwest of Chama. Elsewhere in the zone, an estimated 5 to 8 inches was observed at other SNOTEL sites and in Chama.
Drought Drought
Severe drought persisted over the northwest portion of the zone.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
An estimated 11 inches of snowfall was measured at the Bateman SNOTEL. Elsewhere in the zone, a CoCoRaHS observer 12.3 miles SSE of Chama measured 10 inches of snowfall.
Drought Drought
Severe drought conditions were introduced to the northwest portion of the zone.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
An estimated 18 inches of snow was observed at the Hopewell SNOTEL. Additionally, snowfall estimates of 10 and 17 inches, respectively, were observed at the Bateman and San Antonio SNOTEL sites.
Drought Drought
Severe drought conditions were removed from the southern portion of the zone.
Drought Drought
Severe drought persisted across the southern portion of the zone.
Wildfire Wildfire
The lightning caused Yeso Wildfire was discovered near the Mesa del Yeso in eastern Rio Arriba County. The fire was managed and allowed to grow to 650 acres causing no damage.
Drought Drought
Severe drought remained across the southern portion of the zone.
Drought Drought
Severe drought coverage was reduced to the southern part of the zone.
Drought Drought
Severe drought persisted over the southern portion of the zone.
Drought Drought
Severe drought persisted over the southern portion of the zone.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
There was an estimated 13 inches at the Hopewell SNOTEL. Three to nine inches fell elsewhere in the zone.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
The San Antonio SNOTEL observed an estimated 10 inches of snow. There were reports of 3 to 6 inches of snow elsewhere in the zone.
Drought Drought
Severe drought was reduced to the southern portion of the zone.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
An estimated 16 inches of snow fell at the San Antonio Sink SNOTEL. Additional snow reports of 7 to 12 inches was reported elsewhere in the zone.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
The Hopewell and Bateman SNOTEL stations showed an accumulation of 16 and 14 inches respectively. There were reports of 9 to 12 inches elsewhere in the zone with 12 inches in Chama. The heavy snow caused U.S. Highway 64 to be closed through the Tusas Mountains.
Drought Drought
Severe drought remained persistent across a majority of the zone while extreme drought was removed from the far northern portion of the zone.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
The NMDOT reported a continued closures of U.S. Highway 64 through the Tusas Mountains between Tierra Amarilla and Tres Piedras due to winter storm conditions on the morning of January 8th.
Drought Drought
Severe to extreme drought conditions persisted across the zone.
Drought Drought
Severe to extreme drought conditions persisted across the zone, despite receiving some beneficial snowfall from several winter storms.
Drought Drought
A dry and warm November resulted in the expansion of extreme drought conditions to a majority of the zone.
Drought Drought
A dry and warm October resulted in the persistence of severe drought conditions for most of the zone and introduction of extreme drought in the far southwestern section of the zone.
Drought Drought
A continuation of a dry monsoon season and above normal temperatures allowed for the persistence of severe drought conditions into the western and southern portions of the zone.
Drought Drought
A continuation of a dry monsoon season and above normal temperatures allowed for the northward expansion of severe drought conditions into the western and southern portions of the zone.
High Wind High Wind
A public weather station in the Tusas Mountains measured a high sustained wind speed of 40 mph.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Heavy snow impacted the Tusas Mountains where there was an estimated 13 inches of snow at the Chamita and Hopewell SNOTEL sites. There were various snow reports of 3 to 8 inches across the western half of the zone. The heavy snow forced State Highway 17 to be closed in coordinati…
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Heavy snow impacted the Jemez Mountains. There were reports of 11 to 13 inches by SNOTEL sites along the northern and northwestern sections of the zone. There were various other snow reports of 2 to 9 inches near Los Alamos and Jemez Pueblo.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Heavy snow reaching 10 inches was measured by a SNOTEL in the area.
Winter Storm Winter Storm
Heavy snow and blowing snow impacted much of the zone causing severe winter travel conditions along U.S. Highway 64 through the Tusas Mountains. There were various reports of 7 to 9 inches of snow across the zone.
Winter Storm Winter Storm
Severe winter driving conditions from snow packed and icy roads with low visibility from blowing snow was reported along U.S. Highway 64 in the Tusas Mountains.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
The Chamita SNOTEL measured 10 inches of snowfall near Chama.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
The Chamita SNOTEL estimated 10 inches of snowfall.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Heavy snow impacted the area with the Hopewell SNOTEL reporting an estimated 11 inches of snowfall. Difficult driving conditions were also reported on area highways.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Heavy snow impacted the Tusas Mountains. A SNOTEL site reported 10 inches of snow.
Drought Drought
Severe drought conditions from June 2022 improved to moderate drought in July.
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 0 |
| 2024 | 16 | 0 |
| 2023 | 14 | 0 |
| 2022 | 13 | 0 |
| 2021 | 21 | 0 |
| 2020 | 15 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 |
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