Thunderstorm Wind, De Baca
- When
- July 3, 6:10 PM MST
- Where
- De Baca County, 10 mi S of Ft Sumner
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 34.320, -104.230
Hail and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, July 3, 1997
A severe thunderstorm just south of Ft Sumner damaged large tree limbs, produced a brief funnel cloud and dumped 1 inch hail.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
A severe thunderstorm just south of Ft Sumner damaged large tree limbs, produced a brief funnel cloud and dumped 1 inch hail.
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 66 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:10 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Funnel Cloud, De Baca
- When
- July 3, 6:13 PM MST
- Where
- De Baca County, 2 mi S of Ft Sumner
- Coordinates
- 34.342, -104.412 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, De Baca
- When
- July 3, 6:15 PM MST
- Where
- De Baca County, 9 mi SE of Ft Sumner
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.370, -104.120
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
- 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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- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Kansas, July 3 to 21, 1997
- Hail in Missouri, July 3, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Vermont, July 3, 1997
- Tornado in Massachusetts, July 3, 1997
- Tornado in Massachusetts, July 3, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 3, 1997
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 3, 1997
- Hail in Missouri, July 3, 1997
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: 5611523, 5611524, 5611525.