Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F2 tornado, Harding County, New Mexico, May 17, 1962
RatingF2
Deaths0
Injuries1
Length10.8 mi
Width10 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.97, -104.23) to the end point (36.10, -104.13), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- May 17, 1962, 7:00 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F2
- States
- New Mexico
- Counties
- Harding County
- Path
- 10.8 miles long, up to 10 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 1 injuries
Other tornadoes on May 17, 1962
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 1962 | F2 | Texas | 2 mi | 67 yd | 0 | 3 |
| May 17, 1962 | F2 | Kansas | 12.6 mi | 250 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 17, 1962 | F1 | Colorado | 23 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 17, 1962 | F1 | New Mexico | 15.3 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 17, 1962 | F1 | Nebraska | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 17, 1962 | F1 | South Dakota | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 17, 1962 | F0 | Oklahoma | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 17, 1962 | F0 | Texas | 0.5 mi | 17 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 17, 1962 | F0 | Kansas | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 17, 1962 | F0 | New Mexico | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 17, 1962 | F0 | Montana | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 17, 1962 | F0 | Kansas | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 17, 1962 | F0 | Kansas | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 17, 1962 | F0 | Nebraska | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.