Hail, Chaves
- When
- May 25, 1:13 PM MST
- Where
- Chaves County, 6 mi W of Roswell
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 33.380, -104.620
Tornado and Hail in New Mexico, May 25, 1999
A slow moving severe storm which began over northwest Chaves County moved southeast with large hail that passed west of Roswell, but caught both Dexter and Hagerman. The storm also produced a few small funnels and a brief, small rope tornado that was reported by a NWS chase team.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 4
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 slow moving severe storm which began over northwest Chaves County moved southeast with large hail that passed west of Roswell, but caught both Dexter and Hagerman. The storm also produced a few small funnels and a brief, small rope tornado that was reported by a NWS chase team.
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 144 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:14 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Chaves
- When
- May 25, 2:26 PM MST to 2:27 PM MST
- Where
- Chaves County, 9 mi SW of Roswell
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 33.280, -104.630
Hail, Chaves
- When
- May 25, 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Chaves County, Hagerman
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 33.120, -104.330
Hail, Chaves
- When
- May 25, 3:04 PM MST
- Where
- Chaves County, Dexter
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 33.200, -104.370
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 25 to 26, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 25, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 25, 1999
- Tornadoes in Texas, May 25, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 25 to 26, 1999
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in New York, May 25, 1999
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, May 25 to 26, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, May 25, 1999
- Hail in New Mexico, May 25, 1999
- Heavy Snow and Heavy Rain in Alaska, May 25, 1999
- Flooding in Montana, May 25 to 28, 1999
- Wildfire in Florida, May 25 to 30, 1999
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for New Mexico, 1999Warnings in New Mexico, May 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: 5697398, 5697399, 5697400, 5697401.