New Mexico, 2001

Hail in New Mexico, May 11, 2001

May 11, 2001 · NWS ABQ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

  • 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 May 11, 10:32 AM MST, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 10:32 AM MST, 3 hours 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1132 AM MDT FRI MAY 11 2001

UPDATED TO EXPAND HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK SEVERE RISK AREA...MOSTLY
IN LINE WITH EXPANDED SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK. NOT SURE FAR NE NM WILL BE A
PROBLEM AREA MOST OR ALL OF THE AFTERNOON...SHOULD STAY TO W OF THAT
AREA...PERHAPS DURING THE EVENING IF COOLER MORE STABLE AIRMASS
DOESN'T DEEPEN TOO MUCH THAT AREA. MOST OTHER AREAS OF E LOOK
REASONABLY FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED TO A FEW SEVERE STORMS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING...BUT WINDS ALOFT NOT MUCH TO SPEAK OF. MOSTLY
INSTABILITY...DECENT MID LVL LAPSE RATES...SLIGHT TO MODERATE
MOISTURE INCREASE...SOME UPSLOPE COMPONENT TO LOW LEVEL FLOW AND SOME7
HEATING COMBINED WITH THE WEAK NW FLOW REGIME TO HELP WITH STORM
GENERATION. NO BIG CHANGES TO GOING FORECAST. 43

.ABQ...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 11, 9:13 AM MST, 5 hours 15 minutes before
NMZ001>021-026-120400-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1013 AM MDT FRI MAY 11 2001

NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT...A SLIGHT
RISK EXISTS FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING OVER MUCH OF EASTERN AND A SMALL PART OF CENTRAL NEW
MEXICO.

WEATHER SYNOPSIS...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE OVER
NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO LATE TODAY. LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL DEVELOP MORE
OF AN UPSLOPE COMPONENT THIS AFTERNOON AND BRING INCREASING MOISTURE
BEHIND A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN
PLAINS. IN ADDITION THE AIRMASS WILL BECOME MORE UNSTABLE ACROSS THE
EAST. THE COMBINATION OF THESE FACTORS WILL BE ENOUGH TO GENERATE A
FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. THE MAIN
THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREAS BELOW BETWEEN
ABOUT 3 AND 10 PM MDT.

COUNTIES IN EASTERN NEW MEXICO WHERE SKYWARN SPOTTERS MAY BE
REQUIRED...
UNION...      HARDING...   QUAY...        CURRY...      ROOSEVELT...
COLFAX...     MORA...      SAN MIGUEL...  GUADALUPE...
DE BACA...    CHAVES...

COUNTIES IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO WHERE SKYWARN SPOTTERS MAY BE
REQUIRED...
TORRANCE...   LINCOLN...

COUNTIES IN WESTERN AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO WHERE SKYWARN SPOTTERS
MAY BE REQUIRED...
NONE

THIS OUTLOOK PRODUCT IS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL
HAZARDOUS OR LIFE THREATENING WEATHER. IT IS NOT INTENDED TO REPLACE
SPECIFIC STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS RELATED TO FLASH FLOODS AND SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS.

THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO.
FOR FAR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO USE PRODUCT WWUS84 KMAF.
FOR SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO USE PRODUCT WWUS84 KEPZ.
Local storm report, May 11, 1:52 PM MST, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE, NM
252 PM MDT FRI MAY 11 2001

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0235 PM    CIMARRON                  NM   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/11/01   COLFAX                         LARGE HAIL AT CITY HALL.

0250 PM    CIMARRON                  NM   .75 INCH HAIL
05/11/01   COLFAX                         REPORTED BY POLI$CE.

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1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Mora

When
May 11, 2:28 PM MST
Where
Mora County, Wagon Mound
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
36.017, -104.700

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: 5244417.