Hail in New Mexico, September 12, 2002

Name: Hail in New Mexico, September 12, 2002
Start: 2002-09-12T13:30
End: 2002-09-12T13:30
Location: New Mexico

September 12, 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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Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
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Wind
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Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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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 Sep 12, 9:30 AM MST, 4 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 12, 9:30 AM MST, 4 hours before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1030 AM MDT THU SEP 12 2002

UPDATED MORNING ZONES TO REMOVE AFTERNOON FOG FROM NE HILANDS.
REMOVED MORNING FOG FROM OTHER ZONES AND TOUCHED UP TEMPS. JWS

.ABQ...NONE.

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:32 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Socorro

When: September 12, 1:30 PM MST
Where: Socorro County, 2 mi W of Socorro
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 34.050, -106.917

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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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in New Mexico in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in New Mexico, September 2002

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: 5320349.