New Mexico, 2001

Hail in New Mexico, June 20, 2001

June 20, 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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  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
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  • 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 Jun 20, 2:30 PM MST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 2:30 PM MST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
330 PM MDT WED JUN 20 2001

EAST TO WEST ANTICYCLONIC BELT ACROSS THE SW TO TAKE ON MORE
AMPLITUDE IN NEAR TERM. RIDGE AXIS JUST W OF NM. SHORT WAVE MOVING
THRU THE PLAINS AND MIDWEST TONIGHT-THURSDAY WITH ASSOCIATED SURFACE
WIND SHIFT INTO NE LATE TONIGHT-THURSDAY. THIS TO REINFORCE THE LOW
LEVEL EAST TO W FLOW AND MOISTURE INTO THE STATE. BEST AXIS OF
INSTABILITY FOR REMAIDER OF TODAY FORM NE TO SW AND LIKELY ALONG
THE OLD BOUNDARY. LEAST FAVORABLE FAR NW AND SE (STEERING FLOW NOT
FAVORABLE IN SE). UNSURE ABOUT TIMING OF NEXT WIND SHIFT MENTIONED
ABOVE BUT CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN AND SOUTH POSSIBLY MOST ACTIVE FOR
THURSDAY TSTMS. LOOKING AHEAD...RIDGE AXIS DRIFTING OVERHEAD FRIDAY
AND INTO THE WEEKEND. DIFFICULT TO DISCERN FEATURES THAT MAY ENHANCE
CONVECTION DURING THIS TIME PERIOD AND MOUNTAINS MAY BE THE MAIN
TRIGGERING MECHANISM. CANT IDENTIFY ANY DRYING EVEN INTO THE LONGER
LONG TERM THUS WILL CONTINUE CURRENT EXTENDED OF AFTERNOON BUILDUPS.

ABQ BB 064/093 062/092 062 29111
SAF BB 057/083 055/086 056 29112
TCC BB 062/078 060/089 060 29312

.ABQ...NONE.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, San Miguel

When
June 20, 4:10 PM MST
Where
San Miguel County, 5 mi N of Trementina
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
35.533, -104.417

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: 5245649.