Hail, Union
- When
- July 9, 7:20 PM MST
- Where
- Union County, 13 mi E of Gladstone
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 36.300, -103.733
Hail in New Mexico, July 9, 2004
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 Jul 9, 2:00 PM MST, 5 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 2:00 PM MST, 5 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 300 PM MDT FRI JUL 9 2004 .DISCUSSION... FORECAST CHALLENGE IN THE NEAR TERM WILL BE THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE OVER THE STATE. UPPER LOW NEAR THE BAJA YESTERDAY HAS DRIFTED INTO OLD MEXICO AND HAS BECOME DIFFICULT TO DISTINGUISH ON WATER VAPOR. DISTURBANCE PROJECTED TO TRACK OVER E AZ AND INTO THE FOUR CORNERS ALONG WESTERN PERIPHERY OF UPPER LEVEL RIDGE. CLOUDS HAVE BEEN HAMPERING INCOMING SOLAR OVER THE SW PART OF THE STATE THIS AM... HOWEVER CLOUD DECK IS SHIFTING N. COULD SEE A DECENT CROP OF STORMS OVER THE GILA/W MTNS AS WELL AS THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY WHERE PLENTY OF MOISTURE/INSTABILITY PERSISTS OVER THE REGION. STORMS ARE DEVELOPING AS WELL OVER THE SACRAMENTO/SANGRE DE CRISTO MTNS...AND WILL DRIFT INTO THE HIGH PLAINS. DRY LINE BACKED INTO E NM LAST NIGHT...WITH PLENTY OF JUICE IN THE WAKE AS DEW POINTS ROSE TO THE MIDDLE 60S. SIDED WITH THE ETA AND KEPT HIGHEST POPS ALONG A LINE FROM GUADALUPE TO CHAVES COUNTIES. NO ORGANIZED SEVERE THREAT IS EXPECTED...HOWEVER CAN NOT RULE OUT ISOLATED LARGE HAIL. WILL HAVE TO MONITOR LEFT OVER OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY OVER THE MIDWEST WHICH IS TRACKING THROUGH W TX/OK PANHANDLES. WITH UPPER LEVEL HIGH OVER THE E HALF OF THE STATE...STEERING FLOW WILL BE RELATIVELY WEAK...PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. WILL NOT ISSUE HEADLINES AT THIS TIME...AS FLOODING CONCERNS SHOULD BE ISOLATED. UPPER RIDGE FORECAST TO RETROGRADE SLOWLY OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEKEND. IN ADDITION...TROPICAL WAVE ALONG E TX COASTLINE CONTINUES TO MOVE W. THIS FEATURE SHALL CONTINUE ITS PATH INTO TX...BECOMING MORE DIFFUSE BY THE TIME AS IT UNDERCUTS RIDGE. MODELS STILL HAVING SOME DIFFICULTY PROJECTING ITS STRENGTH. WILL CONTINUE WITH HIGHEST POPS THIS WEEKEND OVER CENTRAL/W CWA. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE REGION DURING THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK. THIS COULD KEEP THE MOISTURE PLUME OVER THE W FA. WILL SEE REPEAT AFTERNOON/EARLY EVE STORMS EACH DAY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN... WITH LOW PRECIP CHANCES ELSEWHERE. MADE ONLY MINOR TWEAKS TO TEMPS THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD...SIDING WITH THE LOWER END OF GUIDANCE IN AREAS WERE THE HIGHEST POPS WERE LOCATED. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON................ 060/089 059/090 060 46222 GALLUP.................... 053/085 052/087 051 46322 GRANTS.................... 053/084 053/087 052 46323 GLENWOOD.................. 059/089 064/090 064 46333 CHAMA..................... 047/079 047/079 048 46233 LOS ALAMOS................ 053/080 055/084 056 46223 RED RIVER................. 045/072 043/075 044 46233 TAOS...................... 049/082 050/083 051 46223 SANTA FE.................. 055/082 055/084 056 46323 SANTA FE AIRPORT.......... 057/085 057/087 058 46323 ESPANOLA.................. 057/087 058/089 059 46223 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS....... 066/089 067/091 066 46323 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY........ 065/090 067/092 066 46323 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS..... 064/087 064/089 063 46323 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA..... 065/089 065/091 064 46323 SOCORRO................... 064/090 064/091 064 46323 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST... 057/081 057/083 057 46333 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA......... 055/085 054/086 054 46323 CARRIZOZO................. 062/086 063/089 064 46333 RUIDOSO................... 059/078 061/082 062 46333 RATON..................... 053/085 053/087 054 46323 LAS VEGAS................. 054/083 053/085 054 46323 ROY....................... 058/086 057/087 057 46323 CLAYTON................... 063/089 062/090 062 46322 SANTA ROSA................ 061/091 062/092 061 46422 TUCUMCARI................. 066/093 067/093 066 46322 FORT SUMNER............... 065/094 066/092 065 46422 CLOVIS.................... 065/092 064/091 064 46322 PORTALES.................. 065/092 065/092 065 46322 ROSWELL................... 069/093 066/092 065 46422 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 46/DPORTER
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 2:47 PM MST, 4 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 347 PM MDT FRI JUL 9 2004 NMZ001>021-026-101200- CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS- CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS- CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY- FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY- HARDING COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY- LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS- NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS INCLUDING JEMEZ-NORTHWEST PLATEAU-QUAY COUNTY- ROOSEVELT COUNTY-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- WESTCENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 347 AM MDT FRI JUL 9 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...ISOLATED STORMS OVER CENTRAL NEW MEXICO COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. SLOW MOVING STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH COULD POSE A THREAT OF RISING WATER IN LOCAL ARROYOS AND POSSIBLE STREET FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE MOST LIKELY IN THE GILA AND WESTERN MOUNTAINS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE RAIN AMOUNTS EXCEEDING ONE INCH WHICH COULD POSE A THREAT OF RISING WATER IN LOCAL ARROYOS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 46/DPORTER
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Heat in Missouri, July 9 to 13, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 9, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Indiana, July 9, 2004
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Utah, July 9, 2004
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, July 9, 2004
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Iowa, July 9, 2004
- Flash Flood and Hail in Kansas, July 9, 2004
- Flash Flood and Hail in Colorado, July 9, 2004
- Damaging Winds and Strong Wind in Kansas, July 9, 2004
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 9, 2004
- Flash Flood and Hail in Illinois, July 9, 2004
- Flash Flood and Flood in Kansas, July 9, 2004
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, July 2004
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: 5415975.