New Mexico, 1999Tornado and Hail in New Mexico, May 29, 1999
May 29, 1999 · NWS MAF · 5 events in 1 county or zone
This supercell storm first formed on the Sacramento Mountains and moved to the southeast into Eddy County. Strong mid -level rotation was indicated by doppler radar.
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- Heat and drought
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- Fire, smoke and dust
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- 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.
This supercell storm first formed on the Sacramento Mountains and moved to the southeast into Eddy County. Strong mid -level rotation was indicated by doppler radar.
Tornado, Eddy
- When
- May 29, 4:42 PM MST to 4:44 PM MST
- Where
- Eddy County, 15 mi NW of Carlsbad
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.4 mi
- Path width
- 70 yd
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 32.570, -104.420
Brief dust whirl tornado reported by vacationing NWS Chaser.
Hail, Eddy
- When
- May 29, 4:43 PM MST to 4:50 PM MST
- Where
- Eddy County, Lakewood
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 32.630, -104.370
Hail falling ahead of tornado path.
Hail, Eddy
- When
- May 29, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Eddy County, 10 mi NW of Carlsbad
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 32.520, -104.350
Hail, Eddy
- When
- May 29, 5:15 PM MST
- Where
- Eddy County, 5 mi NW of Carlsbad
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 32.470, -104.300
Hail, Eddy
- When
- May 29, 5:35 PM MST
- Where
- Eddy County, Carlsbad
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 32.420, -104.230
- 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.
- 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.
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, May 29, 19992 deaths · 1 injured · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Utah, May 29, 19991 death · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Georgia, May 29, 1999$100,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 29, 1999$25,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 29, 1999$20,000 · 1 in hail · 3 events
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 29, 1999$15,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Montana, May 29, 19991 injured · 1 event
- Hail in Colorado, May 29, 19991.75 in hail · 7 events
- High Wind in Alaska, May 29 to 30, 199968 kt wind · 2 events
- Damaging Winds in Texas, May 29, 1999$3,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events
- Hail in Montana, May 29, 19990.88 in hail · 2 events
- Flood and Hail in Montana, May 29 to 30, 19990.88 in hail · 2 events
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: 5697270, 5697337, 5697338, 5697339, 5697340.