Hail, Chaves
- When
- August 22, 9:35 PM MST
- Where
- Chaves County, Hagerman
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.120, -104.330
Flash Flood and Hail in New Mexico, August 22, 1997
Heavy rain, which closed a section of Highway 285, and hail to dime size were reported near Hagerman.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 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 ABQ wrote it up.
Heavy rain, which closed a section of Highway 285, and hail to dime size were reported near Hagerman.
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 167 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:36 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Chaves
- When
- August 22, 10:10 PM MST
- Where
- Chaves County, Hagerman
- Coordinates
- 33.363, -104.467 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado and Hail in Texas, August 22, 1997
- Hail in Nebraska, August 22, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, August 22, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 22, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 22, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 22, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 22, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Idaho, August 22, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, August 22, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 22, 1997
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, August 1997
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: 5616760, 5616761.