New Mexico, 1999Flash Flood and Hail in New Mexico, May 24, 1999
May 24, 1999 · NWS MAF · 3 events in 1 county or zone
Storms that cross the Sacramento Mountains grew and eventually merged into a line by the time they crossed into Texas.
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
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- 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.
Storms that cross the Sacramento Mountains grew and eventually merged into a line by the time they crossed into Texas.
Event by event
1 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Lea
- When
- May 24, 8:00 PM MST to 10:00 PM MST
- Where
- Lea County, Hobbs
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 32.792, -103.412 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Street flooding was reported across much of Hobbs from a wide spot in a line of storms moving to the east.
Hail, Lea
- When
- May 24, 8:07 PM MST
- Where
- Lea County, Eunice
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 32.430, -103.150
Funnel Cloud, Lea
- When
- May 24, 8:10 PM MST
- Where
- Lea County, 5 mi NW of Tatum
- Reported by
- STORM CHASER
- Coordinates
- 32.792, -103.412 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Seen by many spotters and chasers but according to seasoned chasers no touchdown occurred. This small supercell formed north of a developing line of storms. After the wall cloud dissipated the cell merged with the developing line.
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Mexico, May 24, 19992 injured · $1.2 million · 1 in hail · 4 events
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 24, 1999$62,000 · 4 events
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, May 24, 1999$60,000 · 4 events
- Hail and Lightning Strikes in Colorado, May 24, 19994 injured · 1 in hail · 3 events
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 24, 1999$50,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 24, 1999$26,000 · 0.75 in hail · 10 events
- Lightning Strike in Maryland, May 24, 1999$40,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, May 24, 1999$40,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 24, 1999$25,000 · 52 kt wind · 9 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Maryland, May 24, 1999$25,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, May 24, 19991 injured · $15,000 · 1.75 in hail · 4 events
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 24, 19992 injured · 50 kt wind · 1 event
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5697083, 5697084, 5697085.