Hail, Union
- When
- June 12, 3:25 PM MST
- Where
- Union County, Grenville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.600, -103.600
Hail in New Mexico, June 12, 1996
A TV station crew reported hail covering the ground to 3 inches deep.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- 1
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 ABQ wrote it up.
A TV station crew reported hail covering the ground to 3 inches deep.
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 213 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:25 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 12 to 13, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, June 12, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, June 12, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Texas, June 12, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Vermont, June 12, 1996
- Flash Flood in New Jersey, June 12 to 13, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 12, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, June 12, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, June 12, 1996
- Flash Flood in Vermont, June 12, 1996
- Flash Flood in Vermont, June 12, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 12, 1996
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, June 1996
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: 5566775.