NOAA STORM EVENTS · COMPLETE YEARS 2016–2025HISTORICAL REPORTS, NOT A FORECAST OR RISK SCORE
STORM EVENTLEDGERCOUNTY REPORTS · SEASONALITY · IMPACT
EVENT FILE / 35005MINIMUM 5 REPORTS

CHAVES · NM

Tornado history

NOAA records coded as Tornado in Chaves during the ten complete years from 2016 through 2025.

Reports8NOAA county-coded rows
Population context12.5per 100,000 residents · 2024 ACS denominator 64,217
Injuries6direct + indirect fields
Fatalities0direct + indirect fields
Not a probability

8 reports in ten years does not mean a 0.8-event annual forecast. Reporting units, event segmentation, coverage, and local exposure all affect the count.

01 / YEAR-BY-YEAR

How the record changed

20161
20193
20242
20252
03 / RECORDED CONSEQUENCES

Impact fields on these rows

Damage estimates are nominal values as filed by the reporting source and retained by NOAA.

Property damage$2.0Mnot inflation-adjusted
Crop damage$0not inflation-adjusted
First report year2,016within selected window
Latest report year2,025within selected window
04 / RECENT ROW SAMPLE

Latest records in this slice

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DateEvent IDSourceMagnitude / scaleFiled damage
2025-05-06NOAA 1,242,337Trained SpotterEFU$0
2025-04-26NOAA 1,239,115Storm ChaserEFU$0
2024-06-26NOAA 1,179,035Law EnforcementEFU$0
2024-06-26NOAA 1,179,034Law EnforcementEF0$10K
2019-06-03NOAA 817,962Storm ChaserEF0$0
2019-05-26NOAA 816,280Storm ChaserEF0$0
2019-03-12NOAA 802,419NWS Storm SurveyEF2$2.0M
2016-09-15NOAA 650,355PublicEF0$0
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