NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Shiprock, NM
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Shiprock, New Mexico since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 1 tornado has touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 1
- EF3 or stronger
- 0
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Shiprock
The only tornado within 25 miles was an EF0 on September 10, 2013; its path came within 8 miles. Of the 94 New Mexico cities on this site, 85% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Shiprock.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Shiprock
By decade
- 2010s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2013 | EF0 | 8 mi | 0.21 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 1 of 1, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Shiprock
The Storm Prediction Center has no hail reports within 10 miles of Shiprock since 1955.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
San Juan County, which includes Shiprock, has been named in 11 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1977, 6 of them major disasters (by incident: 4 fires, 2 biological emergencies, 2 floods, 1 drought). The latest major disaster declaration was South Fork Fire, Salt Fire, and Flooding, on June 20, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives San Juan County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for lightning; Relatively Moderate for inland flooding and heat waves; Relatively Low for strong wind; Very Low for tornadoes and hail. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $44.1 million a year, the 7th highest of 33 New Mexico counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $31.1 million (70%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.
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