New Mexico, 2002

Hail in New Mexico, August 28, 2002

August 28, 2002 · NWS ABQ · 4 events in 2 counties and zones

4 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
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 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 28, 12:32 PM MST, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 28, 12:32 PM MST, 3 hours 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
132 PM MDT WED AUG 28 2002

WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES. HIGH AND DRY YESTERDAY AND NOW WE HAVE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA.

WITH THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH DRIFTING EAST AND A SHORT WAVE MOVING NWD
ACROSS WRN NM THIS PM...A SURGE OF MOISTURE AND DECENT INSTABILITY
HAVE FUELED THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS WRN AND CNTRL NM. THE E ALREADY HAS
A DEEP LAYER OF MOISTURE. THE SHORT WAVE IS FORECAST BY ALL MODELS TO
MOVE ACROSS CNTRL NM THIS EVENING AND THEN INTO THE ERN ZONES
OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. WITH THE DEEPER MOISTURE IN THE E
CONCERN IS FOR SOME HEAVY RAIN AND MODELS SUPPORT THIS WITH 1-2 INCH
AMOUNTS IN THE NE AND EC AREAS. WILL NOT ISSUE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AS
PLAINS THE LEAST FLASHY OF OUR FORECAST AREA...BUT COULD BE ISOLATED
SPOTS TONIGHT. WILL MENTION SOME HEAVY RAIN IN ALL ERN ZONES ALONG
WITH SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS. CHANCE POPS WRN ZONES AND
LIKELY POPS MOST CNTRL AND ERN ZONES OVERNIGHT.

STILL SHOULD BE FAIRLY ACTIVE THURSDAY WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE
HANGING AROUND AND PROBABLY AN ADDITIONAL SHORT WAVE OR TWO ROTATING
AROUND UPPER HIGH CENTERED JUST TO OUR SE. WILL CARRY CHANCE POPS
MOST ZONES THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. TEMPS GENERALLY BELOW
NORMAL.

UPPER LEVEL LOW/TROUGH TO THE NW OPENS UP AND LIFTS NE THE REMAINDER
OF THIS WEEK. LESS EVIDENCE OF ANOTHER TROUGH REPLACING IT THIS
WEEKEND. THUS UPPER HIGH WILL HAVE ROOM TO BUILD WEST SOME AND THIS
MAY REDUCE CHANCES/COVERAGE OF SHOWERS/STORMS FROM FRIDAY ON. WILL
KEEP CURRENT TREND OF JUST SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FROM THIS FRIDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK WITH SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPS.

ABQ TB 065/086 063/088 063 40543
SAF TB 057/081 053/083 053 40643
TCC TB 064/084 065/086 066 40644

.ABQ...NONE.

CHJ

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 181 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:45 UTC.

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Event by event

4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Union

When
August 28, 3:45 PM MST
Where
Union County, Folsom
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
36.850, -103.900

Hail, Union

When
August 28, 3:48 PM MST
Where
Union County, 5 mi NE of Folsom
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
36.900, -103.833

Hail, Colfax

When
August 28, 3:58 PM MST
Where
Colfax County, 19 mi NE of Springer
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
36.567, -104.333

Hail, Union

When
August 28, 4:04 PM MST
Where
Union County, Des Moines
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
36.767, -103.833

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: 5314846, 5314847, 5314926, 5314927.