New Mexico, 2001

Hail in New Mexico, August 25, 2001

August 25, 2001 · NWS ABQ · 2 events in 1 county or zone

A funnel cloud near the Boys Ranch at Springer was followed by dime sized hail.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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 funnel cloud near the Boys Ranch at Springer was followed by dime sized hail.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 25, 2:58 AM MST, 11 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 25, 2:58 AM MST, 11 hours 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
358 AM MDT SAT AUG 25 2001

THINGS QUIET FOR THE TIME BEING EXCEPT FOR A SHARPENING OF THE
THETA-E RIDGE FROM THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TO QUAY COUNTY. HOWEVER...
MOISTURE...LIFT AND INSTABILITY TO INCREASE DURING THE NEXT 12 TO
15 HOURS AS JET MAX NOSES OVER THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST AND BACK
DOOR COLD FRONT ADVANCES INTO THE NORTHEASTERN ZONES. STILL EXPECT
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHEASTERN ZONES THIS AFTERNOON
WITH ISOLATED TO WIDELY SEPARATED AFTERNOON STORMS OVER THE
REMAINDER OF THE AREA FROM THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS EASTWARD.

MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW SHOULD PEAK OVER THE PLAINS TONIGHT...WITH A
MODERATE CANYON WIND EVENT LIKELY IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. EXCEPT
WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER THE EASTERN ZONES
TONIGHT...WITH THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ELSEWHERE EAST OF THE DIVIDE.

ONLY THE FAR WEST SHOULD REMAIN DRY SUNDAY...WITH ENOUGH MOISTURE...
LIFT...AND INSTABILITY FOR WIDELY SEPARATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS. COOLER EAST OF THE DIVIDE PER FWC AND MAV NUMBERS.

ONLY MINOR CHANGES MADE TO THE FORECAST FOR THE PERIOD FROM MONDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY (READ CLIMO).

ABQ BB 092/064 089/064 087 38-21
SAF BB 089/055 085/054 084 38222
TCC BB 093/063 087/062 089 38362

.ABQ...NONE.

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 210 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:24 UTC.

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Event by event

1 funnel cloud, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Funnel Cloud, Colfax

When
August 25, 2:14 PM MST
Where
Colfax County, Springer
Reported by
GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates
36.606, -104.647 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Colfax

When
August 25, 2:25 PM MST
Where
Colfax County, Springer
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates
36.367, -104.583

What these are

Funnel Cloud
A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

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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: 5263420, 5263419.