New Mexico, 2002

Flash Flood and Hail in New Mexico, July 19, 2002

July 19, 2002 · NWS ABQ · 2 events in 1 county or zone

1 hail, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
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 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 19, 2:00 PM MST, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 2:00 PM MST, 2 hours 49 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
300 PM MDT FRI JUL 19 2002

MORNING MOISTURE PLUME NOW EXTENDS NORTH FROM MEXICO ACROSS FAR ERN
AZ AND THE WRN 2/3 OF NM. NOW YOU CAN SAY MONSOON...AT LEAST FROM
TODAY THRU THE WEEKEND AND MAYBE INTO MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK. TSTMS
THRU THIS EVE COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AS AIRMASS IS
PLENTY MOIST...AND SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST STEERING FLOW RATHER WEAK.
SHOWERS AND A FEW STORMS LIKELY TO DIMINISH TONIGHT BUT LINGER WELL
PAST MIDNIGHT WRN 2/3. HIT AND MISS TSTMS IN THE EAST THRU MONDAY.

MODELS BUILD AN UPPER LVL 4 CORNERS HIGH TUE INTO WED OF NEXT WEEK
TO INHIBIT THE MOISTURE STREAM...OR DEFLECT IT WESTWARD TOWARD AZ...
RESULTING IN A GRADUAL DOWNTURN IN CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY FOR MOST OF
NM.

ABQ BB 065/084 064/084 064 07544
SAF BB 057/082 057/081 057 07544
TCC BB 067/094 067/092 067 07222

EAP

.ABQ...NONE.

The radar

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

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Event by event

1 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Socorro

When
July 19, 4:49 PM MST
Where
Socorro County, 15 mi S of Socorro
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
33.833, -106.883

Flash Flood, Socorro

When
July 19, 6:00 PM MST to 6:30 PM MST
Where
Socorro County, Lemitar
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
34.007, -106.930 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A storm with hail and heavy rain moved over central Socorro County. Wide spread ditch and road flooding was reported by a spotter from Lemitar.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Flash Flood
Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

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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: 5307696, 5307697.