Hail, Quay
- When
- September 1, 5:44 PM MST
- Where
- Quay County, Tucumcari
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.167, -103.733
Flash Flood and Hail in New Mexico, September 1, 2005
An intense slow moving storm brought hail and heavy rain of 2 to 3 inches in less than an hour to Tucumcari. Most city streets were flooded to curb full, but areas along old Route 66 were covered 8 to 24 inches deep.
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
- 2
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 happened
The episode as NWS ABQ wrote it up.
An intense slow moving storm brought hail and heavy rain of 2 to 3 inches in less than an hour to Tucumcari. Most city streets were flooded to curb full, but areas along old Route 66 were covered 8 to 24 inches deep.
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 1, 12:53 PM MST, 4 hours 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 1, 12:53 PM MST, 4 hours 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 153 PM MDT THU SEP 1 2005 .DISCUSSION...CONVECTION FIRING EARLY AND OFTEN TODAY WITH A FEW STRONG STORMS ALREADY. POTENTIAL FOR HAILERS AREAWIDE AND MAYBE SOME STRONG WINDS OVER THE FAR W THROUGH THIS EVENING. THEN THERE MAY BE A TRANSITION TO HEAVY RAIN CONCERNS DURING THE NIGHT. THIS BASED MAINLY ON THE GFS WHICH PICKS UP ON A DISTURBANCE HEADING N INTO SW AND SC NM NOW. OTHER MODELS DO AS WELL...BUT WITH LESS PRECIP. GFS PROBABLY OVERDONE WITH ITS 1 TO 2 INCH BULLSEYES BUT AREA LOOKS REASONABLE FROM THE SW AND SC MOUNTAINS NE ALONG THE E SLOPES OF CNTRL MOUNTAINS ONTO THE ERN PLAINS. MEANWHILE THINGS ARE FIRING IN THE NE AS WELL...WITH LAST NIGHTS DISTURBANCE STILL AFFECTING THIS AREA. BULK OF THIS ACTIVITY MAY BE OUT OF THE NE BY SUNSET. ALL OF THIS IS HAPPENING DESPITE UPPER LEVEL HIGH CENTERED OVER THE STATE. YESTERDAYS COLD FRONT HAS FRESHENED THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AREAWIDE AND THE COUPLE OF DISTURBANCES HAVE AIDED IN THE LIFT AND INSTABILITY. MOISTURE TO BE RECYCLED FRI WITH MOST ACTIVE AREAS BEING THE W AND CNTRL MOUNTAINS WHERE WE WILL CARRY SCATTERED POPS. GENERAL DECREASE IN COVERAGE OF CONVECTION STILL FORECAST FOR THIS WEEKEND AS UPPER HIGH REMAINS NEAR THE AREA. NAM HOLDS IN HIGH OVER THE STATE AND EVEN SHIFTS IT A BIT N...WHILE GFS TAKES RIDGE AXIS SE. GFS THUS MORE BULLISH ON PRECIP OVER THE W AND N THIS WEEKEND WITH SOME MONSOON MOISTURE AND WEAK DISTURBANCES MOVING NE IN THE SW FLOW ALOFT. WILL KEEP ISOLATED POPS FOR NOW OVER THE CWA WITH BEST POPS FAVORING THE W AND N MOUNTAINS. GFS EVENTUALLY BUILDS UPPER HIGH BACK OVER NM NEXT WEEK WITH LIMITED MOISTURE. APPEARS BACK DOOR FRONT LESS OF A CONCERN AS WELL. THUS WILL KEEP JUST ISOLATED POPS FOR NEXT WEEK ALL AREAS. CHJ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 57 88 57 85 / 10 10 10 20 GALLUP.......................... 50 83 51 81 / 30 10 10 20 GRANTS.......................... 51 82 52 81 / 40 20 20 10 GLENWOOD........................ 59 88 58 87 / 20 20 20 20 CHAMA........................... 43 76 43 76 / 30 30 30 20 LOS ALAMOS...................... 50 78 51 79 / 40 30 30 10 RED RIVER....................... 39 68 39 72 / 40 30 30 20 TAOS............................ 46 79 49 80 / 40 30 20 20 SANTA FE........................ 52 80 52 80 / 40 20 30 10 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 54 82 54 82 / 40 20 20 10 ESPANOLA........................ 52 83 52 85 / 30 20 20 10 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 62 85 62 85 / 40 20 20 10 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 58 87 58 87 / 40 20 20 10 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 59 85 59 85 / 40 20 20 10 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 60 88 61 87 / 40 20 20 10 SOCORRO......................... 60 85 59 86 / 40 20 20 10 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 53 79 52 77 / 50 20 30 10 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 49 82 50 82 / 50 30 30 10 CARRIZOZO....................... 57 83 56 84 / 40 20 20 10 RUIDOSO......................... 51 75 51 78 / 50 30 20 10 RATON........................... 47 83 50 83 / 30 20 20 10 LAS VEGAS....................... 50 78 50 79 / 40 20 20 10 ROY............................. 55 81 55 82 / 30 20 20 10 CLAYTON......................... 57 84 57 87 / 30 10 20 10 SANTA ROSA...................... 56 87 56 89 / 40 10 20 10 TUCUMCARI....................... 60 87 61 91 / 30 10 20 10 FORT SUMNER..................... 59 87 59 88 / 40 10 20 10 CLOVIS.......................... 60 85 60 88 / 30 10 20 10 PORTALES........................ 59 86 59 89 / 30 10 20 10 ROSWELL......................... 65 88 63 91 / 40 10 20 10 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 40
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 1, 5:00 AM MST, 12 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 600 AM MDT THU SEP 1 2005 NMZ001>021-026-021200- 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- WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 559 AM MDT THU SEP 1 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AN INCREASE IN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE LAST EVENING WILL COMBINE WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...EXPECTED TO CROSS THE NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON...INCREASING THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS HAVE A POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING STRONG DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WITH A FEW STORMS PRODUCING HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. ANY LOCATION FROM THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE EAST TO THE TEXAS BORDER WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE FOR ONE OF THESE ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS... WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 49
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 1, 2:08 PM MST, 3 hours 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
308 PM MDT THU SEP 01 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0305 PM HAIL 13 N EDGEWOOD 35.27N 106.18W
09/01/2005 1.00 INCH SANTA FE NM TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
CJONESSpecial weather statement, Sep 1, 2:23 PM MST, 3 hours 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 323 PM MDT THU SEP 1 2005 NMZ004-005-012200- NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH WEST CENTRAL MORA COUNTY... AT 324 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER NEAR LA CUEVA. THIS STORM DEPOSITED COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF HAIL IN HOLMAN AT 300 PM AND IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1 INCH OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. MOVEMENT IS EAST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BUENA VISTA...EL TURQUILLO...HOLMAN...LUCEROS...OJO FELIZ AND RAINSVILLE. THIS STORM WAS NOT PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER... PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA SOURCES FOR POSSIBLE UPDATES OR WARNINGS. 44
Local storm report, Sep 1, 3:27 PM MST, 2 hours 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
427 PM MDT THU SEP 01 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 PM HAIL 14 N LAS VEGAS 35.80N 105.22W
09/01/2005 1.75 INCH SAN MIGUEL NM LAW ENFORCEMENT
20 MINUTES OF GOLFBALL HAIL NEAR MILE MARKER 360 ON
INTERSTATE 25. STILL HAILING AT 420 PM.
&&
KHAYESSpecial weather statement, Sep 1, 3:33 PM MST, 2 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 433 PM MDT THU SEP 1 2005 NMZ002-003-009-010-012315- MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA- NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS INCLUDING JEMEZ-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- 433 PM MDT THU SEP 1 2005 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MOVE OVER RIO RANCHO AND ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREAS... THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL SANDOVAL COUNTY SOUTHEAST OF SAN YSIDRO ARE PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS WHICH WILL SPREAD SOUTHEAST ACROSS RIO RANCHO AND THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA THROUGH 530 PM. 30 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH HAD REACHED NORTHWEST RIO RANCHO AT 430 PM. THESE WINDS WILL SPREAD SOUTHEAST AND WEAKEN SLOWLY THROUGH 530 PM. 03
Special weather statement, Sep 1, 4:05 PM MST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 505 PM MDT THU SEP 1 2005 NMZ009-010-015-020000- LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA- SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS- 505 PM MDT THU SEP 1 2005 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL SPREAD SOUTH FROM ALBUQUERQUE INTO LOS LUNAS AND BELEN... ...THUNDERSTORMS MAY FORM ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF SANDIA MOUNTAINS AND BETWEEN ALBUQUERQUE AND SOCORRO... OUTFLOW WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH FROM DISTANT THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED SOUTHEAST OVER RIO RANCHO AND ALBUQUERQUE. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE GUSTY WINDS WILL SPREAD SOUTH REACHING ISLETA PUEBLO BY 515 PM AND CONTINUING ON TO LOS LUNAS ABOUT 530 PM AND TO BELEN AROUND 6 PM. ALTHOUGH THESE WINDS WILL BRING MAINLY BLOWING DUST...A FEW SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP FROM NEAR ALBUQUERQUE SOUTH TO SOCORRO BETWEEN 530 PM AND 7 PM. 03
Special weather statement, Sep 1, 4:11 PM MST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 511 PM MDT THU SEP 1 2005 NMZ003-009-010-020000- MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ALBUQUERQUE... AT 506 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IN ALBUQUERQUE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED MENUAL INTERSTATE 25. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ALAMEDA...LOS RANCHOS DE ALBUQUERQUE...NORTH VALLEY...SAN ANTONITO...SANDIA HEIGHTS AND SANDIA PARK. MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT BRIEF...BUT SUDDEN CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND PONDING OF WATER ON THE HIGHWAYS AS THIS STORM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA.
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:46 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Quay
- When
- September 1, 6:15 PM MST to 7:30 PM MST
- Where
- Quay County, Tucumcari
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.167, -103.733
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Drought in Texas, September 1 to 30, 2005
- Dust Storm and Hail in Arizona, September 1, 2005
- Drought in West Virginia, September 1 to 30, 2005
- Drought in New Jersey, September 1 to 30, 2005
- Drought in Colorado, September 1 to 30, 2005
- Drought in Wisconsin, September 1 to 30, 2005
- Drought in Iowa, September 1 to 30, 2005
- Drought in Illinois, September 1 to 30, 2005
- Drought in Missouri, September 1 to 30, 2005
- Drought in Illinois, September 1 to 30, 2005
- Drought in Pennsylvania, September 1 to 30, 2005
- Drought in Illinois, September 1 to 30, 2005
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, September 2005
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: 5469746, 5469747.