New Mexico, 1995

Hail in New Mexico, April 3, 1995

April 3, 1995 · 2 events in 1 county or zone

2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$4,000
Crop damage
$4,000
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.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Lea

When
April 3, 5:07 PM MST
Where
Lea County, Tatum
Measured
0.75 in hail
Property damage
$2,000
Crop damage
$2,000
Coordinates
32.792, -103.412 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The Tatum Police Department reported dime-size hail from a northeast-moving storm. A SKYWARN spotter reported nickel-size hail near the northern Hobbs city limit in a storm that formed south of the Tatum storm.

Hail, Lea

When
April 3, 5:15 PM MST
Where
Lea County, Hobbs
Measured
0.88 in hail
Property damage
$2,000
Crop damage
$2,000
Coordinates
32.792, -103.412 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The Tatum Police Department reported dime-size hail from a northeast-moving storm. A SKYWARN spotter reported nickel-size hail near the northern Hobbs city limit in a storm that formed south of the Tatum storm.

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

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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: 10335364, 10335365.