New Mexico, 2002

Hail and Damaging Winds in New Mexico, June 12, 2002

June 12, 2002 · NWS ABQ · 4 events in 1 county or zone

2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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

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  • 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 Jun 12, 2:00 PM MST, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 2:00 PM MST, 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
300 PM MDT WED JUN 12 2002

TOO WARM ALOFT IN THE WEST FOR THUNDER THIS AFTN OR EVENING. QUITE A
BIT OF TOWERING CU WITH ISOLD LIGHTNING IN SE PART OF CWA. WITH THAT
...WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE IN SE THIS EVENING. ONE OF THE MODELS
SHOWED A SHORTWAVE MOVING ACROSS THE NORTH TONIGHT. THAT IN COMBO
WITH BACKDOOR FRONT...WILL BRING CHC POPS TO NE AND EAST SLOPES OF
SANGRES ALL NIGHT.

EXPECTING SUBSTANTIAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN THE NE TOMMORW.
ENOUGH SHEAR TO SUPPORT AT LEAST SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. BOTH
ETA AND AVN SHOWING AXIS OF INSTABILITY SHIFTING WESTWARD THURSDAY
NIGHT. THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA AND WENT WITH IT. STRONG EAST WINDS
INTO ABQ AND CRZ AS WELL.

CONVECTION CHANCES LOOK DECENT FROM THE DIVIDE TO THE CENTRAL MTNS
FRIDAY. MAY BE TO COOL AT THE SURFACE FOR MUCH ACTIVITY IN THE EAST.
HOWEVER WITH NORTHWEST FLOW CONTINUING OVER THE EAST AND MODELS
STILL SHOWING SUBSTANTIAL INSTABILITY...WENT WITH CHC POPS IN THE
EAST FRIDAY.

SATURDAY STILL LOOKS PRETTY GOOD FOR THE EAST WITH NORTHWEST FLOW.
WILL HAVE TO BE ENOUGH RESIDUAL MOISTURE LEFT OVER THE CENTRAL
MOUNTAINS TO GET CONVECTION STARTED THERE. THEN STORMS COULD MOVE
OFF INTO PLAINS. ANOTHER BACKDOOR FRONT MOVING INTO THE EAST
SUNDAY...PUSHING SOUTH AND THEN WEST SUNDAY NIGHT. BROUGHT CHANCES
OF CONVECTION BACK TO THE WEST FOR MONDAY DUE TO POSSIBLE MOISTURE
INTRUSION. LEFT MENTION OF TSTMS OUT OF FCST FOR WEDN AS I HAVE A
HARD TIME BELIEVING THAT THE NEXT TROF WILL DROP AS FAR SOUTH AS MRF
IS SHOWING. JWS

ABQ UB 061/094 064/085 061 46002
SAF UB 054/088 052/080 052 46012
TCC EB 067/083 058/079 060 46234

.ABQ...NONE.

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Event by event

2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Curry

When
June 12, 2:29 PM MST
Where
Curry County, 5 mi N of Clovis
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
34.467, -103.200

Thunderstorm Wind, Curry

When
June 12, 2:35 PM MST
Where
Curry County, Clovis Arpt
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
34.433, -103.083

Hail, Curry

When
June 12, 2:37 PM MST
Where
Curry County, 6 mi SW of Pleasant Hill
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
34.450, -103.133

Thunderstorm Wind, Curry

When
June 12, 2:37 PM MST
Where
Curry County, 6 mi SW of Pleasant Hill
Measured
61 kt (70 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
34.450, -103.133

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Thunderstorm Wind
Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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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: 5300314, 5300315, 5300316, 5300317.