New Mexico, 1994

Hail in New Mexico, June 17, 1994

June 17, 1994 · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 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.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$5,000
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

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Roosevelt

When
June 17, 1:20 PM MST
Where
Roosevelt County, Portales
Measured
1.75 in hail
Property damage
$5,000
Coordinates
34.021, -103.480 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Curry

When
June 17, 4:15 PM MST
Where
Curry County, Broadview
Measured
2.75 in hail
Coordinates
34.574, -103.347 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Golf ball-size hail in Portales broke some windshields in cars and windows in a few homes. The larger baseball hail was over open country. These reports came from TV station spotters.

What these are

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

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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: 10336743, 10335544.