New Mexico, 2002

Hail in New Mexico, July 29, 2002

July 29, 2002 · 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 Jul 29, 2:10 PM MST, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 2:10 PM MST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED TO ADD CCF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
310 PM MDT MON JUL 29 2002

LAST NIGHTS AND THIS MORNINGS CONVECTION IN TEXAS HAS GENERATED A
STRONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WHICH HAS BOLTED WEST INTO CENTRAL NM THIS
AFTERNOON.  WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND MORNING ANALYSIS SHOWED A
CIRCULATION FEATURE IN SONORA.

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FIRED ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AS IT HAS APPROACHED
CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. A SECONDARY BOUNDARY APPEARS TO BE FIRING
JUST EAST OF THERE.  HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE.  ANY
THAT GET GOING FARTHER SOUTHWEST MAY CONTINUE A BIT LATER INTO THE
NIGHT WITH SUPPORT FROM UPPER CIRCULATION.  IN ANY EVENT...CANYON
WINDS LOOK LIKE A GOOD BET BY EARLY EVENING AS STORMS DROP OVER WEST
SIDE OF SANDIA MANZANOS AND WILL KEEP UP MENTION IN TEXT.

WHERE SOUTHERN EDGE OF BOUNDARY HANGS UP WILL DETERMINE TUESDAYS
BEST CHANCES.  AT THIS TIME...EXPECT DEVELOPMENT NEAR BOUNDARY OVER
SE AND TO A LESSER EXTENT...NEAR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN TUESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING.

UPPER HIGH SHIFTS EAST ALLOWING MOISTURE TO STREAM UP FROM THE SOUTH
THURDSAY AND FRIDAY. THIS SHOULD PROVIDE TSTM CHANCES TO MOST AREAS
BEFORE HIGH BUILDS BACK OVER AREA DECREASING CHANCES FOR CONVECTION
A BIT OVER THE WEEKEND.

TEMPERATURES AFFECTED MOST IN THE SOUTHEAST NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS DUE
TO CONVECTIVE TRENDS.  NORTHEAST SHOULD FULLY RECOVER BY WED AFTER
SLIGHTLY COOLER READINGS TUESDAY.  ELSEWHERE...PERSISTENCE WILL
REIGN IN THE SHORT TERM.  INFLUX OF MOISTURE THU/FRI COULD SQUEEZE
DIURNAL RANGE BEFORE BROADENING AGAIN OVER THE WEEKEND.

ABQ BB 067/092 066/094 066 19102
SAF BB 058/088 058/089 056 19132
TCC BB 066/090 066/094 066 19323

.ABQ...NONE.

KD

The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Guadalupe

When
July 29, 3:38 PM MST
Where
Guadalupe County, Dilia
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
35.200, -105.067

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: 5307769.