New Mexico, 1994

Tornado and Hail in New Mexico, July 9, 1994

July 9, 1994 · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

1 tornado, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Lincoln

When
July 9, 1:40 PM MST
Where
Lincoln County to Carrizozo
Rating
F0
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
10 yd
Coordinates
33.650, -105.980

A Deputy observed a brief tornado or gustnado touchdown over open rangeland from Highway 380. Other intermittent funnel clouds were also reported.

Hail, Eddy

When
July 9, 5:15 PM MST
Where
Eddy County, Carlsbad
Measured
0.88 in hail
Coordinates
32.472, -104.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

An observer reported nickel-size hail.

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.
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

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: 10335403, 10335274.