Hail, Torrance
- When
- June 2, 5:23 PM MST
- Where
- Torrance County, 1 mi E of Moriarty
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.000, -106.033
Flash Flood and Hail in New Mexico, June 2, 2000
An intense storm produced a large swath of hail and heavy rain across north central Torrance County from near Moriarty south to McIntosh and Estancia. Hail accumulated 3 to 6 inches deep in many places.
Where it happened
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- 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.
An intense storm produced a large swath of hail and heavy rain across north central Torrance County from near Moriarty south to McIntosh and Estancia. Hail accumulated 3 to 6 inches deep in many places. Three to four inches of small hail covering Interstate 40 just east of Moriarty caused a rash of accidents as autos slid off the highway. Many trees and plants were stripped of their leaves and home gardens within the area were destroyed. Rainfall of 2 to 4 inches during the storm produced road and ditch flooding mainly between McIntosh and Estancia.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Torrance
- When
- June 2, 5:35 PM MST
- Where
- Torrance County, 1 mi S of Moriarty
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.983, -106.050
Flash Flood, Torrance
- When
- June 2, 5:45 PM MST to 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Torrance County, Moriarty
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.641, -105.851 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Torrance
- When
- June 2, 6:00 PM MST to 6:20 PM MST
- Where
- Torrance County, Mc Intosh
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.867, -106.050
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
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: 5152959, 5152958, 5152960, 5152957.