Tornado, Eddy
- When
- July 20, 3:18 PM MST
- Where
- Eddy County, Carlsbad
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.320, -104.230
Tornado and Hail in New Mexico, July 20, 1994
1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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
1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Curry
- When
- July 20, 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Curry County, Melrose
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.574, -103.347 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Roosevelt
- When
- July 20, 8:05 PM MST
- Where
- Roosevelt County, Portales
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.021, -103.480 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Melrose Fire Department reported 60 mph winds in Melrose and the New Mexico State Police reported dime-size hail in Roosevelt County.
What these are
- 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.
- 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
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- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, July 20, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 20, 1994
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 20, 1994
- Hail in Kentucky, July 20, 1994
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, July 20, 1994
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 20, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 20, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 20, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 20, 1994
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 20, 1994
- Damaging Winds in Florida, July 20, 1994
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 1994Every state in 1994This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for New Mexico, 1994Warnings in New Mexico, July 1994
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: 10335275, 10335550, 10336745.