Hail, Santa Fe
- When
- May 26, 4:55 PM MST
- Where
- Santa Fe County, Pojoaque
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.883, -105.017
Hail in New Mexico, May 26, 2003
3 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
- 3
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 May 26, 1:56 PM MST, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 1:56 PM MST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 256 PM MDT MON MAY 26 2003 RIDGE ALOFT TO REMAIN IN PLACE NEXT SEVEN DAYS WITH BACK DOOR COLD FRONTS INTRUDING THE NORTHEAST WED AFTN AND THE ENTIRE EAST LATE FRI THRU SAT. OROGRAPHIC FACTORS WILL INDUCE LATE MORNING THRU EVE TSTMS OVER LARGE MTN RANGES THIS EVE THROUGH DAY 7...BUT COVERAGE OVER LWR ELEVS WILL DEPEND ON STRENGTH AND DIRECTION OF UPR LVL FLOW. THE ENTIRE STATE HAS A CHANCE FOR TSTMS WED. DITTO FRI AND SAT...EXCEPT FOR NMZ001 WHERE SHIELDING BY TOPOGRAPHY WILL LIMIT MOISTURE AND FORCING FOR VERTICAL MOTION. FRI NIGHT/S COLD FRONT WILL BE THE STRONGER OF THE TWO AND MAY INDUCE SIGNIFICANT EAST WINDS BY EARLY SAT MORNING. SO FAR...THE GRIDS ONLY CONTAIN WEAK EASTERLIES SAT AM FOR EAST WIND PRONE PORTIONS OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...BECAUSE MODELS AREN/T IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE STRENGTH OF THE COOL PUSH. DLC PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... FARMINGTON................ 055/090 055/092 056 44000 GALLUP.................... 044/088 044/084 046 44111 GRANTS.................... 046/085 046/084 047 44111 GLENWOOD.................. 049/093 050/094 052 44011 CHAMA..................... 040/076 040/076 040 44222 LOS ALAMOS................ 051/075 050/074 051 44211 RED RIVER................. 037/070 038/069 037 44322 TAOS...................... 047/076 047/077 047 44322 SANTA FE.................. 050/077 049/076 050 44222 SANTA FE AIRPORT.......... 052/080 051/079 051 44222 ESPANOLA.................. 048/084 048/084 048 44211 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS....... 060/085 059/084 060 44211 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY........ 056/088 055/087 056 44111 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS..... 057/080 056/079 057 44211 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA..... 059/086 058/085 059 44111 SOCORRO................... 056/090 055/091 056 44111 SANDIAPARK/CEDAR CREST... 051/074 050/073 050 44211 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA......... 044/076 044/079 046 44222 CARRIZOZO................. 057/084 056/089 055 44111 RUIDOSO................... 050/072 049/078 046 44122 RATON..................... 047/075 048/074 044 44322 LAS VEGAS................. 045/072 045/075 049 44322 ROY....................... 050/074 050/075 050 44221 CLAYTON................... 053/078 055/077 052 44221 SANTA ROSA................ 054/075 054/079 055 44200 TUCUMCARI................. 058/077 058/081 057 44200 FORT SUMNER............... 055/076 055/081 057 44100 CLOVIS.................... 054/077 055/084 060 44100 PORTALES.................. 054/078 055/084 060 44100 ROSWELL................... 057/081 058/086 062 44100 .ABQ...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 9:00 AM MST, 7 hours 55 minutes before
NMZ001>021-026-271200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1000 AM MDT MON MAY 26 2003 UPDATED LOCATION OF POTENTIAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO. PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH HAIL ONE INCH OR GREATER AND WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH THE MAIN THREAT. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN COULD RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND RAPID FLOWING WATER IN NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS AND WASHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BETWEEN 200 PM AND 1000 PM MDT. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR THE SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDES AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 25. HOWEVER...ALL OF THE EASTERN PLAINS AREAS COULD SEE ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. DLC
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 183 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:56 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Sandoval
- When
- May 26, 5:18 PM MST
- Where
- Sandoval County, Cochiti Pueblo
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.617, -106.350
Hail, Sandoval
- When
- May 26, 5:24 PM MST
- Where
- Sandoval County, Pena Blanca
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.567, -106.333
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
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, May 26, 2003
- Wildfire in Alaska, May 26 to 31, 2003
- Heavy Rain in New Jersey, May 26, 2003
- Heavy Rain in Pennsylvania, May 26, 2003
- Heavy Rain in Massachusetts, May 26 to 28, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 26, 2003
- Heavy Rain in Maryland, May 26, 2003
- Volcanic Ash in Guam, May 26 to 28, 2003
- Heavy Rain in Connecticut, May 26, 2003
- Hail in South Dakota, May 26, 2003
- Hail in Montana, May 26, 2003
- Flood in Virginia, May 26 to 28, 2003
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, May 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: 5355648, 5355647, 5355649.