Storm Events Database

Event Details:

Event Tornado
-- Scale EF0
-- Length 1.25 Miles
-- Width 50 Yards
State NEW MEXICO
County/Area SAN MIGUEL
WFO ABQ
Report Source Broadcast Media
NCEI Data Source CSV
Begin Date 2025-05-26 13:26 MST-7
Begin Location 2W MONTEZUMA
Begin Lat/Lon 35.65/-105.32
End Date 2025-05-26 13:30 MST-7
End Location 2WSW MONTEZUMA
End Lat/Lon 35.632/-105.3171
Deaths Direct/Indirect 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...)
Injuries Direct/Indirect 0/0
Property Damage
Crop Damage
Episode Narrative Higher moisture moved into eastern New Mexico early on May 25th behind a backdoor cold front. This added moisture combined with lift ahead of a weakening upper low over Utah resulting in the development of scattered showers and storms along and east of the central mountain chain. Several of these storms became strong to severe with one producing quarter size hail near Tierra Monte in the east slopes of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and another producing a tornado near Floyd in western Roosevelt County and quarter to ping pong ball size hail between Cannon Air Force Base and downtown Clovis. Storms across eastern New Mexico mostly tapered off around sunset while the convectively enhanced backdoor front pushed west through the gaps of the central mountain chain.
Key Words: Severe Thunderstorm Winds, Large Hail, Tornado, Funnel Cloud.
Another round of showers and storms developed and moved across north central and eastern New Mexico during the afternoon and evening hours of May 26th due to higher surface moisture in place combining with added lift and instability from the upper level disturbance moving overhead. Penny to golf ball size hail was observed at several locations, a brief tornado was observed near Montezuma northeast of Las Vegas, and damaging straight line winds resulted in a flipped and overturned an 18-wheeler trailer near Forrest in southern Quay County. Storms exited east into Texas around sunset.
Event Narrative Viewer near San Geronimo looking to the northeast observed a tornado in the distance.


    

Event Map:

Note: The tornado track is approximate based on the beginning (B) and ending (E) locations. The actual tornado path may differ from a straight line.


All events for this episode:

Location County/Zone St. Date Time T.Z. Type Mag Dth Inj PrD CrD
Totals: 0 0 66.00K 0.00K
MANUELITAS SAN MIGUEL CO. NM 05/25/2025 14:40 MST-7 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 1.00K 0.00K
CIMARRON COLFAX CO. NM 05/25/2025 14:50 MST-7 Hail 0.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
FLOYD ROOSEVELT CO. NM 05/25/2025 16:20 MST-7 Tornado EF1 0 0 50.00K 0.00K
(CVS)CANNON AFB CURRY CO. NM 05/25/2025 17:09 MST-7 Hail 1.50 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
(CVS)CANNON AFB CURRY CO. NM 05/25/2025 17:11 MST-7 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
(SAF)SANTA FE MUNI AIRPO... SANTA FE CO. NM 05/26/2025 13:18 MST-7 Hail 0.88 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
MONTEZUMA SAN MIGUEL CO. NM 05/26/2025 13:26 MST-7 Tornado EF0 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
SANTA FE SANTA FE CO. NM 05/26/2025 13:29 MST-7 Hail 0.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
CANADA DE LOS ALAMOS SANTA FE CO. NM 05/26/2025 13:30 MST-7 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
MORIARTY ARPT TORRANCE CO. NM 05/26/2025 14:05 MST-7 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
(4CR)CORONA LINCOLN CO. NM 05/26/2025 14:20 MST-7 Hail 0.88 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
LAS VEGAS SAN MIGUEL CO. NM 05/26/2025 14:20 MST-7 Hail 0.88 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
ROMEROVILLE SAN MIGUEL CO. NM 05/26/2025 14:20 MST-7 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
MONTOYA QUAY CO. NM 05/26/2025 15:50 MST-7 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
QUAY QUAY CO. NM 05/26/2025 16:25 MST-7 Funnel Cloud 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
FORREST QUAY CO. NM 05/26/2025 16:56 MST-7 Funnel Cloud 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
GRADY CURRY CO. NM 05/26/2025 16:57 MST-7 Hail 1.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
(TCC)TUCUMCARI ARPT QUAY CO. NM 05/26/2025 17:01 MST-7 Thunderstorm Wind 53 kts. MG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
FORREST QUAY CO. NM 05/26/2025 17:07 MST-7 Funnel Cloud 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
FORREST QUAY CO. NM 05/26/2025 17:10 MST-7 Thunderstorm Wind 52 kts. EG 0 0 10.00K 0.00K
ROSWELL CHAVES CO. NM 05/26/2025 17:20 MST-7 Hail 1.50 in. 0 0 5.00K 0.00K
GRADY CURRY CO. NM 05/26/2025 17:33 MST-7 Funnel Cloud 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
(ROW)ROSWELL IND AIRPORT CHAVES CO. NM 05/26/2025 17:43 MST-7 Funnel Cloud 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
Totals: 0 0 66.00K 0.00K