Hail, Eddy
- When
- October 15, 3:32 PM MST
- Where
- Eddy County, 13 mi NW of Carlsbad
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 32.550, -104.383
Hail in New Mexico, October 15, 2000
A severe thunderstorm west of Lake Avalone moved southeast and produced golfball size hail on Highway 137 five miles south of US285. A funnel cloud was later reported with this storm.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 MAF wrote it up.
A severe thunderstorm west of Lake Avalone moved southeast and produced golfball size hail on Highway 137 five miles south of US285. A funnel cloud was later reported with this storm.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Funnel Cloud, Eddy
- When
- October 15, 3:50 PM MST
- Where
- Eddy County, 11 mi W of Carlsbad
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 32.472, -104.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- 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.
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5161090, 5161091.