Hail, Colfax
- When
- July 17, 2:10 PM MST to 2:40 PM MST
- Where
- Colfax County, Raton
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.900, -104.433
Hail in New Mexico, July 17, 2000
A strong storm produced a swath of large hail from Raton to Springer and then eastward into Union County.
Where it happened
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- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS ABQ wrote it up.
A strong storm produced a swath of large hail from Raton to Springer and then eastward into Union County.
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 175 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:12 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Union
- When
- July 17, 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Union County, 10 mi SE of Des Moines
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 36.667, -103.700
Hail, Union
- When
- July 17, 4:45 PM MST
- Where
- Union County, 15 mi SW of Clayton
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 36.300, -103.367
Hail, Union
- When
- July 17, 4:55 PM MST
- Where
- Union County, Moses
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 36.717, -103.067
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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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: 5165342, 5164160, 5164162, 5164161.