New Mexico, 2001

Hail in New Mexico, July 22, 2001

July 22, 2001 · NWS ABQ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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

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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 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 Jul 22, 1:40 PM MST, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 1:40 PM MST, 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
240 PM MDT SUN JUL 22 2001

12Z UPPER AIR ANALYSIS SHOWS DEFORMED 500MB UPPER HIGH CENTER
STRETCHED FROM NE OKLAHOMA TO NEAR ABILENE, TX. MOISTURE PLUME
ORIENTED FROM SW TO NE ACROSS CENTRAL NM. FAR NW IS RELATIVELY DRY
AND FAR SE IS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE UPPER HIGH AND MID LEVEL
WARMING. NOT MUCH CHANGE ENSTORE FOR THE NEXT 36-48 HOURS.
HOWEVER...BY LATE TUESDAY A COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED UPSLOPE IS
FORECAST TO PUSH INTO THE NE. AVN/ETA BOTH PICK UP ON THIS AND
BULLSEYE SE CO AND NE NM WITH PRECIP. WILL BREAK OUT THE NE DURING
THE TUESDAY NIGHT PERIOD IN THE SFP...BUT WILL KEEP CONVECTION
SCATTERED AT THIS TIME.

TEMPERATURES FOR THE NEXT 36-48 HOURS WILL CONTINUE CURRENT TRENDS.
IN THE WEST...LOWS HAVE BEEN ABOVE TO WELL ABOVE GUIDANCE THE LAST
COUPLE OF MORNINGS DUE TO CLOUD COVER ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOISTURE
PLUME. WITHOUT THE CLOUD COVER...LOWS WOULD HAVE BEEN BELOW GUIDANCE
BASED ON LOW DEW POINT TEMPS AND ASSUMING IDEAL RADIATIONAL COOLING.
WILL CONTINUE THIS TREND AND GO ABOVE GUIDANCE MINS IN THE WEST BASED
ON FORECAST OF MOISTURE PLUME NOT MOVING MUCH. GUIDANCE TEMPS APPEAR
REASONABLE ELSEWHERE.

THE PREVIOUS EXTENDED FORECAST LOOKS GOOD AND WILL MAKE NO CHANGES.
IF THE ECMWF/MRF VERIFY...THEN BY FRIDAY WE'LL BE DEEP INTO THE
EASTERLIES AND HAVE A BETTER CHANCE AT GETTING SOME WETTING RAINS
FROM THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN WEST. CA

ABQ BB 067/093 067/094 068 50212
SAF BB 060/088 060/089 059 50212
TCC BB 070/098 070/099 071 50211

.ABQ...NONE.

The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Lincoln

When
July 22, 2:39 PM MST
Where
Lincoln County, Alto
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
33.467, -105.667

One inch size hail accumulated to 6 inches deep in arroyos near Alto.

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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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: 5258606.