Hail, Colfax
- When
- June 7, 8:05 PM MST
- Where
- Colfax County, Raton
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 36.900, -104.430
Hail and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, June 7, 1998
A storm at Raton produced brief large hail and then tore off a barn roof and uprooted trees along Highway 72 at the north edge of Johnson Mesa.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $2,000
- 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 ABQ wrote it up.
A storm at Raton produced brief large hail and then tore off a barn roof and uprooted trees along Highway 72 at the north edge of Johnson Mesa.
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 175 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:02 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Colfax
- When
- June 7, 8:30 PM MST
- Where
- Colfax County, 8 mi E of Raton
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 36.900, -104.280
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 7, 1998
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- High Wind in Alaska, June 7 to 8, 1998
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- Hail in Oklahoma, June 7, 1998
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5648312, 5648313.