Hail, Socorro
- When
- June 27, 3:20 PM MST
- Where
- Socorro County, 10 mi S of Magdalena
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 33.967, -107.233
Hail in New Mexico, June 27, 2003
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
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 27, 2:00 PM MST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 2:00 PM MST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 300 PM MDT FRI JUN 27 2003 BEST INSTAB AND THETA E RIDGE AXIS EXTENDED FROM SW NM NEWD TODAY AND SHIFTS S AND EWD SATURDAY. RTJ INDEX INDICATES RAIN TODAY UPPER RIDGE DOMINATES EARLY TO MIDWEEK WITH WIND SHIFT ENTERING NE NM EARLY MONDAY. WILL LIKELY .ABQ...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 5:00 AM MST, 10 hours 20 minutes before
NMZ001>021-281200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 600 AM MDT FRI JUN 27 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS IN SOUTHEASTERN CATRON...SOCORRO...TORRANCE...SOUTHERN SAN MIGUEL...GUADALUPE...DE BACA...WESTERN CHAVES...AND LINCOLN COUNTIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN UNION AND EASTERN COLFAX COUNTIES ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. A BACKDOOR COULD FRONT MAY ALSO TRIGGER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON NEW MEXICO/S EAST CENTRAL PLAINS ON MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED DURING THE AFTERNOONS FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES.
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 137 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:22 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 27, 2003
- Flooding in Iowa, June 27 to 30, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 27, 2003
- Heavy Rain in Louisiana, June 27, 2003
- Hail in Kansas, June 27, 2003
- Hail in Kansas, June 27, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 27, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, June 27, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, June 27, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 27, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 27, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maine, June 27, 2003
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, June 2003
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: 5365049.