Tornado, Roosevelt
- When
- May 8, 5:02 PM MST
- Where
- Roosevelt County, 12 mi SW of Portales
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.070, -103.480
Small tornado reported by Portales Police.
Tornadoes and Hail in New Mexico, May 8, 1997
2 tornado, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- 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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Roosevelt
- When
- May 8, 5:25 PM MST to 5:30 PM MST
- Where
- Roosevelt County, Elida to 5 mi NE of Elida
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.980, -103.580
Rope tornado and 2 inch hail observed by spotters near Elida.
Hail, Roosevelt
- When
- May 8, 5:25 PM MST
- Where
- Roosevelt County, 5 mi NE of Elida
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.980, -103.580
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Hail in Texas, May 8, 1997
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 8, 1997
- Hail in Michigan, May 8, 1997
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 8 to 9, 1997
- Hail in Michigan, May 8, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, May 8 to 9, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 8, 1997
- Hail in New Mexico, May 8, 1997
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for New Mexico, 1997Warnings in New Mexico, May 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: 5597842, 5597843, 5597844.