New Mexico, 2024

Hail in New Mexico, November 1, 2024

November 1, 2024 · NWS MAF · 2 events in 1 county or zone

A weak disturbance ahead of an approaching trough caused several thunderstorms across portions of southeast New Mexico. During the evening hours, a few of these thunderstorms produced large hail.

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 weak disturbance ahead of an approaching trough caused several thunderstorms across portions of southeast New Mexico. During the evening hours, a few of these thunderstorms produced large hail.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 1, 4:26 PM MST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 1, 4:26 PM MST, 2 hours 25 minutes before
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The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 184 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:49 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Eddy

When
November 1, 6:51 PM MST to 6:56 PM MST
Where
Eddy County, 0.69 mi N of Loving
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
32.290, -104.100

A trained spotter relayed a report from Facebook of ping pong ball to golf ball size hail in Loving.

Hail, Eddy

When
November 1, 6:57 PM MST to 7:02 PM MST
Where
Eddy County, 3 mi ESE of Otis
Measured
2 in hail
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
32.340, -104.120

A trained spotter shared a photo of a golf ball to two-inch diameter hail in Otis near Derrick Rd and Kelly Rd.

What these are

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.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 1218632, 1218633.