New Mexico, 1999

Tornadoes and Hail in New Mexico, June 28, 1999

June 28, 1999 · NWS ABQ · 5 events in 2 counties and zones

A cluster of severe storms with large hail and several small, brief tornadoes over open rangeland moved slowly across Guadalupe and De Baca counties.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
5

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 cluster of severe storms with large hail and several small, brief tornadoes over open rangeland moved slowly across Guadalupe and De Baca counties.

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Event by event

3 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, De Baca

When
June 28, 7:00 PM MST
Where
De Baca County, Yeso
Measured
2.5 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
34.430, -104.620

Tornado, Guadalupe

When
June 28, 7:15 PM MST
Where
Guadalupe County, 1 mi N of Newkirk
Rating
F0
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
50 yd
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
35.080, -104.270

Hail, Guadalupe

When
June 28, 7:30 PM MST
Where
Guadalupe County, 10 mi W of Pintada
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
34.880, -105.250

Tornado, Guadalupe

When
June 28, 7:42 PM MST
Where
Guadalupe County, 15 mi N of Vaughn
Rating
F0
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
5 yd
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
34.820, -105.200

Hail, Guadalupe

When
June 28, 8:35 PM MST
Where
Guadalupe County, Dilia
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
35.200, -105.070

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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.

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The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in New Mexico in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for New Mexico, 1999Warnings in New Mexico, June 1999

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: 5702985, 5702986, 5702987, 5702988, 5702989.