Hail, Mora
- When
- May 30, 5:01 PM MST
- Where
- Mora County, Watrous
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.780, -104.980
Hail in New Mexico, May 30, 1997
Several supercells developed near the Colorado border and moved rapidly southward through the highlands of northeast New Mexico. One cell formed west of Raton and moved south with hail over Cimarron, then continued southward over open range west of Wagon Mound in Mora county and into San Miguel county near Trujillo.
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
- $30,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
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.
Several supercells developed near the Colorado border and moved rapidly southward through the highlands of northeast New Mexico. One cell formed west of Raton and moved south with hail over Cimarron, then continued southward over open range west of Wagon Mound in Mora county and into San Miguel county near Trujillo. This storm continued south through Guadalupe and De Baca counties with numerous reports of large hail and at least one funnel cloud. The storm finally ended over northern Chaves county. A second storm formed near Ocate and also moved south with hail at Watrous, Dilia, Pintada, and near Vaughn before dissipating over northern Lincoln county.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
13 hail, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Funnel Cloud, Guadalupe
- When
- May 30, 5:50 PM MST
- Where
- Guadalupe County, 15 mi N of Santa Rosa
- Coordinates
- 34.863, -104.791 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud observed over open range north of Santa Rosa by National Weather Service employee traveling along Interstate 40 at Cuervo.
Hail, Colfax
- When
- May 30, 5:52 PM MST
- Where
- Colfax County, Cimarron
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.520, -104.900
Dime hail covered the ground to one inch deep.
Hail, Guadalupe
- When
- May 30, 6:12 PM MST
- Where
- Guadalupe County, Santa Rosa
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.930, -104.680
Hail, Guadalupe
- When
- May 30, 6:25 PM MST
- Where
- Guadalupe County, Dilia
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -105.070
Hail, Guadalupe
- When
- May 30, 6:50 PM MST
- Where
- Guadalupe County, 17 mi W of Santa Rosa
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.930, -104.980
Hail, Guadalupe
- When
- May 30, 6:55 PM MST
- Where
- Guadalupe County, Dilia
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -105.070
Hail, Guadalupe
- When
- May 30, 6:55 PM MST
- Where
- Guadalupe County, 20 mi SSW of Santa Rosa
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.670, -104.820
Hail, Colfax
- When
- May 30, 6:58 PM MST
- Where
- Colfax County, 4 mi S of Springer
- Measured
- 0.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.606, -104.647 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
State Police reported marble hail covering Interstate 25 to three inches deep south of Springer.
Hail, De Baca
- When
- May 30, 7:15 PM MST
- Where
- De Baca County, 8 mi E of Yeso
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Coordinates
- 34.430, -104.480
Billard ball size hail damaged cars along Highway 60 east of Yeso.
Hail, Guadalupe
- When
- May 30, 7:22 PM MST
- Where
- Guadalupe County, 17 mi W of Santa Rosa
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.930, -104.980
Dime hail covered the ground.
Hail, De Baca
- When
- May 30, 7:25 PM MST
- Where
- De Baca County, 15 mi W of Yeso
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.430, -104.880
Hail, De Baca
- When
- May 30, 7:48 PM MST
- Where
- De Baca County, 17 mi S of Yeso
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.180, -104.620
Hail, San Miguel
- When
- May 30, 8:04 PM MST
- Where
- San Miguel County, Las Vegas
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.600, -105.220
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
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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: 5597847, 5597859, 5597848, 5597849, 5597850, 5597851, 5597852, 5597853, 5597926, 5597854, 5597855, 5597856, 5597857, 5597858.