New Mexico, 1999Dust Storm and Hail in New Mexico, May 4 to 24, 1999
May 4 to 24, 1999 · NWS EPZ · 6 events in 3 counties and zones
5 hail, 1 dust storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Heat and drought
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- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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.
Dust Storm, Southwest Desert Mimbres Basin / Luna
- When
- May 4, 1:00 PM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Southwest Desert Mimbres Basin / Luna forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
High winds to near 50 mph mph produced blowing dust which resulted in the closure of Interstate 10 from Las Cruces to Lordsburg. One weather related traffic accident was reported but there were no injuries.
Hail, Dona Ana
- When
- May 24, 3:34 PM MST to 3:45 PM MST
- Where
- Dona Ana County, Las Cruces
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 32.320, -106.780
Hail, Otero
- When
- May 24, 3:37 PM MST to 3:40 PM MST
- Where
- Otero County, 2 mi S of Tularosa
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 33.030, -106.020
Hail, Dona Ana
- When
- May 24, 3:40 PM MST to 3:50 PM MST
- Where
- Dona Ana County, Picacho
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 32.320, -106.850
Hail, Otero
- When
- May 24, 3:50 PM MST to 3:55 PM MST
- Where
- Otero County, Tularosa
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
- Coordinates
- 33.070, -106.020
Hail, Otero
- When
- May 24, 5:00 PM MST to 5:05 PM MST
- Where
- Otero County, 5 mi N of Orogrande
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
- Coordinates
- 32.430, -106.080
- Dust Storm
- Blowing dust that reduced visibility to a quarter mile or less.
- 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.
- Tornado in Texas, May 4, 199922 injured · $125 million · F3 · 1 event
- Tornado in Texas, May 4, 19991 death · $330,000 · F3 · 1 event
- Tornado in Arkansas, May 4, 1999$600,000 · F3 · 1 event
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Arkansas, May 4, 19991 injured · $118,000 · F3 · 17 events
- Tornado in Texas, May 4, 19992 injured · $19 million · F2 · 1 event
- Tornado in Missouri, May 4, 19991 injured · $50,000 · F3 · 1 event
- Tornado in Texas, May 4, 19997 injured · $600,000 · F2 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, May 4 to 5, 19991 death · $110,000 · 21 events
- Tornado in Texas, May 4, 1999$6.0 million · F2 · 1 event
- Tornado in Texas, May 4, 1999F3 · 1 event
- Tornado in Texas, May 4, 1999$5,000 · F3 · 1 event
- Tornado in Arkansas, May 4, 1999F3 · 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5692075, 5692077, 5692076, 5692078, 5692079, 5692080.