Hail, Eddy
- When
- May 21, 1:52 PM MST to 2:14 PM MST
- Where
- Eddy County, Lakewood
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 32.472, -104.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, May 21, 1993
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Fire, smoke and dust
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Eddy
- When
- May 21, 1:54 PM MST
- Where
- Eddy County, Artesia
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 32.472, -104.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A NWS observer reported walnut-size hail fell in Lakewood for 22 minutes. The State Police reported nickel-size hail fell between Artesia and Seven Rivers at 1354 MST. Additional thunderstorms later in the evening produced a wind gust of 53 knots (61 mph) at Lakewood at 2220 MST.
Thunderstorm Wind, Eddy
- When
- May 21, 10:20 PM MST
- Where
- Eddy County, Lakewood
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.472, -104.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A NWS observer reported walnut-size hail fell in Lakewood for 22 minutes. The State Police reported nickel-size hail fell between Artesia and Seven Rivers at 1354 MST. Additional thunderstorms later in the evening produced a wind gust of 53 knots (61 mph) at Lakewood at 2220 MST.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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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: 10335253, 10335254, 10335297.