New Mexico, 2002

Hail in New Mexico, June 20, 2002

June 20, 2002 · NWS ABQ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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 Jun 20, 1:00 PM MST, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 1:00 PM MST, 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
200 PM MDT THU JUN 20 2002

PWS ON THE INCREASE ACROSS MUCH OF NM AND CONVECTION (WITH SEVERE
POTENTIAL) UNDERWAY ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN
CHAIN...ADJACENT HIGHLANDS AND EASTERN PLAINS. MOISTURE TAP OBVIOUS
ON WV IMAGERY...AS AN UPPER LOW PUSHES INTO CENTRAL CA AND THE RIDGE
AXIS OVERHEAD BREAKS DOWN A BIT. SE LOW LEVEL FLOW TO WORK FURTHER
WEST OVERNIGHT WITH THE AIDE OF CONVECTIVE OUTFLOWS. EAST GAP WINDS
EXPECTED TONIGHT AS A RESULT ALONG THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. AM
EXPECTING ANOTHER ROUND OF DAYTIME HEATING TRIGGERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW...FROM THE DIVIDE EASTWARD WHERE DEWPOINT
TEMPS WILL BE IN THE 50S TO MID 60S AND PWS WILL BE 0.65 OR GREATER.
BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIP OVER THE NEXT 36-48H WILL BE ALONG THE EAST
SLOPES OF THE SANGRES AND OVER THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS.

THE PREMENTIONED UPPER LOW WILL OPEN UP AND LIFT OUT TO THE ENE OVER
THE NEXT 48H...BRINGING SOME DRIER AIR ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF NM.
THE EASTERN HALF WILL RETAIN A SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW AND AMPLE
MOISTURE TO SET OFF ANOTHER ROUND ON SATURDAY. AN UPPER HIGH IS
FORECAST TO BUILD OVER NORTHERN MEXICO ON SATURDAY AND THEN EXPAND
INTO AZ/NM/CO/UT FROM SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. WILL KEEP POPS OUT OF
THE FORECAST FOR THIS TIME PERIOD THANKS TO THIS HIGH PUTTING A LID
ON THINGS. TEMPS SHOULD BE ABOVE NORMAL DURING THIS TIME PERIOD AS
WELL. A QUICK LOOK AT THE LATEST MRF/ECMWF SHOWS THIS BIG OL HIGH
HANGING AROUND THROUGH THURSDAY. WILL GO ALONG WITH THIS SOLUTION FOR
NOW. CA

ABQ BU 066/093 065/094 064 50122
SAF BU 054/090 054/091 052 50233
TCC BB 068/097 068/097 067 50322

.ABQ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 448 THROUGH 800 PM....

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 20, 1:06 PM MST, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE, NM
206 PM MDT THU JUN 20 2002

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

0202 PM    CERRILLOS                 NM   .75 INCH HAIL
06/20/02   SANTA FE                       REPORTED BY PUBLIC

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Local storm report, Jun 20, 1:36 PM MST, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE, NM
236 PM MDT THU JUN 20 2002

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

0214 PM    TAIBAN                    NM   .88 INCH HAIL
06/20/02   DEBACA                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC

0235 PM    HOLMAN                    NM   .75 INCH HAIL
06/20/02   MORA                           REPORTED BY PUBLIC

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The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, De Baca

When
June 20, 1:40 PM MST
Where
De Baca County, 6 mi S of Ft Sumner
Measured
1.5 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
34.383, -104.233

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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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: 5300330.