Hail, Curry
- When
- October 1, 6:30 PM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Curry County, Clovis
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 34.400, -103.200
Flash Flood and Hail in New Mexico, October 1, 1998
A strong thunderstorm brought nickel size hail and heavy rain to Clovis. Rain and city construction projects which hampered drainage resulted in widespread street and road flooding with several cars lost to rising water in low intersections.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $40,000
- 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.
A strong thunderstorm brought nickel size hail and heavy rain to Clovis. Rain and city construction projects which hampered drainage resulted in widespread street and road flooding with several cars lost to rising water in low intersections.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Curry
- When
- October 1, 7:30 PM MST to 9:30 PM MST
- Where
- Curry County, Clovis
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 34.574, -103.347 (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
- Drought in Texas, October 1 to 31, 1998
- Drought in Virginia, October 1 to 31, 1998
- Drought in Virginia, October 1 to 31, 1998
- Strong Wind in New York, October 1, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Kansas, October 1, 1998
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, October 1, 1998
- High Wind in New York, October 1, 1998
- Drought in West Virginia, October 1 to 31, 1998
- Damaging Wind and High Wind in New York, October 1, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, October 1 to 2, 1998
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, October 1, 1998
- Strong Wind in New Hampshire, October 1, 1998
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, October 1998
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5667236, 5667237.