Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- May 17, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Coordinates
- 36.450, -103.180
Hail and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, May 17, 1982
5 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
5 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lea
- When
- May 17, 5:38 PM CST
- Where
- Lea County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.700, -103.120
Hail, Chaves
- When
- May 17, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Chaves County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.380, -104.520
Hail, Lea
- When
- May 17, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Lea County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.830, -103.130
Hail, Lea
- When
- May 17, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Lea County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.630, -103.050
Hail, Lea
- When
- May 17, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Lea County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.780, -103.130
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 17, 1982
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, May 17, 1982
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 17, 1982
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 17, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 17, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 17, 1982
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 17, 1982
- Hail in Georgia, May 17, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 17, 1982
- Hail in Tennessee, May 17, 1982
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 1982Every state in 1982This day in weather history
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10078489, 10078490, 10078491, 10078492, 10078493, 10074669.