New Mexico, 1990

Tornadoes and Hail in New Mexico, April 22, 1990

April 22, 1990 · 9 events in 3 counties and zones

7 hail, 2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
9

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

7 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Lincoln

When
April 22, 4:28 PM CST
Where
Lincoln County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
33.380, -105.270

Hail, Chaves

When
April 22, 5:00 PM CST
Where
Chaves County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
33.200, -104.730

Hail, Chaves

When
April 22, 5:05 PM CST
Where
Chaves County
Measured
2 in hail
Coordinates
33.080, -104.870

Tornado, Chaves

When
April 22, 4:28 PM MST
Where
Chaves County
Rating
F0
Path length
0.2 mi
Path width
10 yd
Coordinates
33.370, -104.550

Hail, Chaves

When
April 22, 6:00 PM CST
Where
Chaves County
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
33.200, -104.370

Tornado, Chaves

When
April 22, 5:10 PM MST
Where
Chaves County
Rating
F0
Path length
0.2 mi
Path width
10 yd
Coordinates
33.380, -104.550

Hail, Eddy

When
April 22, 8:15 PM CST
Where
Eddy County
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
32.420, -104.230

Hail, Eddy

When
April 22, 9:15 PM CST
Where
Eddy County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
32.350, -104.170

Hail, Eddy

When
April 22, 9:35 PM CST
Where
Eddy County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
32.420, -104.230

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Tornado
A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in New Mexico in 1990Every state in 1990This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for New Mexico, 1990Warnings in New Mexico, April 1990

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: 10076221, 10076222, 10076223, 10076220, 10076225, 10076224, 10076226, 10076227, 10076228.