On the map: radar-estimated hail around Chaves County, NM, the county with the most homes under 1″+ hail this day. Dots are storm reports. Zoom out for the rest of the day.
Radar-estimated hail
Storm reports for October 8, 2019
On October 8, 2019, 2 hail, 0 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 1 state.
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On October 8, 2019, 2 hail, 0 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 1 state. The largest hail reported was 1.00″ (quarter size) in Chaves County, NM. Radar estimated hail of 1 inch or larger over 85 square miles, none of it over homes counted in the 2020 Census.
Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Colored areas are NOAA MRMS radar estimates of the largest hail (MESH) over the day, lower 48 states only; radar overestimates and underestimates size, so read it with the ground reports.
Storm reports by state
| State | Hail | Wind | Tornado | Largest hail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NM | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.00″ |
Cities with the largest radar-estimated hail
| City | Population | Radar max near center |
|---|---|---|
| Youngstown, OH | 59,123 | 0.80″ |
Counties by homes inside 1″+ radar-estimated hail
| County | Homes | People | Area | Radar max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaves County, NM | 0 | 0 | 4 mi² | 1.45″ |
| De Baca County, NM | 0 | 0 | 2 mi² | 1.24″ |
| Eddy County, NM | 0 | 0 | 0 mi² | 1.06″ |
| Luna County, NM | 0 | 0 | 19 mi² | 2.08″ |
| Otero County, NM | 0 | 0 | 1 mi² | 1.17″ |
| Socorro County, NM | 0 | 0 | 58 mi² | 1.66″ |
| Hockley County, TX | 0 | 0 | 0 mi² | 1.02″ |
Homes are 2020 Census housing units and people are 2020 Census residents, counted by block group where its center of population lies under radar-estimated hail of 1 inch or larger.
Hail reports (2)
| Time (UTC) | Size | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 21:35 | 1.00″ | Chaves County, NM |
| 23:12 | 1.00″ | Socorro County, NM |
Damage, injuries and deaths
National Weather Service offices recorded 3 hail, wind or tornado events across the US on this storm day, with no damage estimate, injury or death entered. Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.
What the National Weather Service wrote
- Chaves County, NM (near (Row)Roswell Ind Airport) · Hail 1.00″
“Nickel to quarter size hail and 50 mph wind gusts impacted Midway.” - Socorro County, NM (near San Antonio) · Hail 1.00″
“Hail up to the size of quarters fell a couple miles east of San Antonio.” - Luna County, NM (near Hermanas) · Tornado EFU
“A picture was submitted via social media from a weather spotter showing a brief tornado northeast of Hermanas.”
Event narratives from NWS Storm Data, shortened. Up to six per day, chosen by deaths, injuries, damage and size.
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Storm Events Database, as entered by National Weather Service offices; data through July 31, 2026. Damage is in dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation.
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