New Mexico, 1999

Hail in New Mexico, May 1, 1999

May 1, 1999 · NWS ABQ · 3 events in 1 county or zone

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Where it happened

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  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
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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.

What happened

The episode as NWS ABQ wrote it up.

Two storms moved northeast over Quay County with hail up to 1.00 inch.

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Event by event

3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Quay

When
May 1, 4:15 PM MST
Where
Quay County, 3 mi W of Logan
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates
35.370, -103.470

Hail, Quay

When
May 1, 4:20 PM MST
Where
Quay County, 5 mi SE of Logan
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
Coordinates
35.320, -103.350

Hail, Quay

When
May 1, 4:30 PM MST
Where
Quay County, Tucumcari
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
35.170, -103.730

What these are

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

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: 5697127, 5697128, 5697129.