Drought, Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County
- When
- August 1, 12:00 AM MST to August 23, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 32.472, -104.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought in New Mexico, August 1 to 23, 1996
See narrative in Texas, Western section.
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
- $2.4 million
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
See narrative in Texas, Western section.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Drought, Eddy County Plains
- When
- August 1, 12:00 AM MST to August 23, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Eddy County Plains forecast zone
- Crop damage
- $2.4 million
- Coordinates
- 32.472, -104.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Drought
- A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Drought in Texas, August 1 to 22, 1996
- Drought in Texas, August 1 to 31, 1996
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 1, 1996
- Drought in Texas, August 1 to 31, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, August 1, 1996
- Drought in Ohio, August 1 to 31, 1996
- Flash Flood in Colorado, August 1, 1996
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, August 1, 1996
- Flood in Arizona, August 1, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, August 1, 1996
- Drought in Pennsylvania, August 1 to 31, 1996
- Flooding in West Virginia, August 1, 1996
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, August 1996
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: 5576508, 5576509.