Thunderstorm Wind, Eddy
- When
- October 17, 4:48 PM MST
- Where
- Eddy County, 1 mi N of Carlsbad
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 32.433, -104.233
Flash Flood and Hail in New Mexico, October 17, 2000
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Eddy
- When
- October 17, 5:18 PM MST
- Where
- Eddy County, Queen
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 32.200, -104.733
Dime size hail covered the ground.
Hail, Lea
- When
- October 17, 5:22 PM MST
- Where
- Lea County, 20 mi SW of Hobbs
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.500, -103.383
Dime size hail covered ground on Highway 62/180.
Flash Flood, Eddy
- When
- October 17, 5:33 PM MST to 7:30 PM MST
- Where
- Eddy County, 10 mi NW of Carlsbad
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.472, -104.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Numerous thunderstorms moved north of Carlsbad and produced flash flooding in several places on Highway 137 to the southwest of the Highway 285 intersection.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5161430, 5161431, 5161432, 5161429.