Hail, Bernalillo
- When
- July 26, 3:39 PM MST to 3:48 PM MST
- Where
- Bernalillo County, 4 mi NW of Albuquerque
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 35.117, -106.617
Hail in New Mexico, July 26, 2006
2 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
- 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 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 26, 2:00 PM MST, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 2:00 PM MST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 300 PM MDT WED JUL 26 2006 .DISCUSSION...ACTIVE NIGHT OF CONVECTION AHEAD AS A THERMAL TROUGH SLIDES DOWN THE BACK SIDE OF AN UPPER RIDGE CENTERED WEST AND NORTHWEST OF NEW MEXICO. THIS THERMAL TROUGH HAS ALREADY TRIGGERED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SANGRES LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND THIS ACTIVITY WILL GRADUALLY SAG SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST TONIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN THIS EVENING ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-40 AND WEST OF SANTA ROSA. THEN...A FEW HEAVY RAINERS MAY LINGER NEAR AND SOUTH OF TORRANCE AND GUADALUPE COUNTIES AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUADALUPE AND TORRANCE COUNTIES RECEIVED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN LAST NIGHT...SO ARROYOS AND STREAMS WILL FILL QUICKLY TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR A FEW ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORIES. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN THROUGH TONIGHT NEAR THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS. WE STILL EXPECT A BACK DOOR COOL FRONT TO PENETRATE THE EAST ON THURSDAY AND PUSH INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY WITH A 15 TO 25 MPH EAST WIND BELOW CANYONS THURSDAY EVENING. THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...SCATTERED TO ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO FAVOR CENTRAL AND WESTERN AREAS AS THE 500 MB HIGH PRESSURE CENTER SHIFTS FROM NORTHWEST OF NEW MEXICO TO NORTH AND POSSIBLY EAST OF THE STATE. THE DISTURBANCE THAT DELIVERS HEAVY RAIN TO CENTRAL NEW MEXICO TONIGHT MAY LINGER NEAR SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO THROUGH SATURDAY...AND LEAVE THE GILA REGION FAVORED PRECIPITATION. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 66 96 66 96 / 40 20 20 20 GALLUP.......................... 62 90 60 88 / 50 20 30 30 GRANTS.......................... 61 90 60 87 / 50 30 40 30 GLENWOOD........................ 67 89 65 89 / 50 50 50 50 CHAMA........................... 51 84 49 82 / 40 30 30 30 LOS ALAMOS...................... 58 88 56 85 / 50 30 30 30 RED RIVER....................... 46 73 43 72 / 40 30 30 30 TAOS............................ 54 85 53 84 / 50 30 30 30 SANTA FE........................ 59 87 57 86 / 50 30 40 30 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 61 89 60 87 / 50 30 40 20 ESPANOLA........................ 58 91 59 91 / 50 20 40 20 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 72 91 70 89 / 50 20 40 20 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 67 93 66 91 / 50 20 40 20 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 68 89 66 88 / 50 20 40 20 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 68 92 66 90 / 50 20 40 20 SOCORRO......................... 67 91 65 89 / 50 30 40 30 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 63 82 61 81 / 50 30 40 30 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 57 90 57 87 / 50 30 40 30 CARRIZOZO....................... 63 91 61 89 / 40 20 40 30 RUIDOSO......................... 56 82 56 79 / 40 30 40 30 RATON........................... 57 87 54 88 / 40 20 20 10 LAS VEGAS....................... 59 85 55 84 / 50 30 30 20 ROY............................. 62 87 62 86 / 30 20 20 10 CLAYTON......................... 65 89 65 91 / 30 20 20 10 SANTA ROSA...................... 64 94 62 92 / 40 20 30 10 TUCUMCARI....................... 68 95 68 92 / 30 20 20 10 FORT SUMNER..................... 68 95 67 91 / 20 20 30 10 CLOVIS.......................... 67 94 67 90 / 20 20 20 10 PORTALES........................ 67 95 67 91 / 20 20 20 10 ROSWELL......................... 72 97 70 94 / 20 20 20 10 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 44
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 4:59 AM MST, 10 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 559 AM MDT WED JUL 26 2006 NMZ001>021-026-271200- NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS INCLUDING JEMEZ- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-HARDING COUNTY-FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS- WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA- SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY- CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY- SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION-LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY- CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-DE BACA COUNTY- CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY- 559 AM MDT WED JUL 26 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. HOWEVER... THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER... SMALL AMOUNTS OF RAIN CAN STILL PRODUCE MAJOR FLASH FLOODING IN AREAS THAT HAVE SUFFERED RECENT LARGE WILDFIRES. THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING NEAR AND DOWNSTREAM FROM BURNT AREAS EXISTS IN PORTIONS OF CATRON COUNTY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS... WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. CONTACT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. 19
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 12:19 PM MST, 3 hours 20 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jul 26, 12:46 PM MST, 2 hours 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 146 PM MDT WED JUL 26 2006 NMZ004-005-011-262015- CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH WESTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY... AT 143 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 7 MILES SOUTH OF EL PORVENIR. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CHAPELLE...GALLINAS... LOWER COLONIAS...MINERAL HILL...MONTEZUMA AND NORTH SAN YSIDRO. 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. DPORTER
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 1:42 PM MST, 1 hour 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 242 PM MDT WED JUL 26 2006 NMZ011-262115- CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY- ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH NORTHWEST TORRANCE COUNTY... AT 240 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 45 MPH AND HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER NEAR MCINTOSH. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE RURAL CENTRAL TORRANCE COUNTY...INCLUDING STATE HIGHWAY 41. 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. DPORTER
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 2:11 PM MST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 311 PM MDT WED JUL 26 2006 NMZ005-007-262145- FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS- ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST UNION COUNTY... AT 308 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 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF GLADSTONE. MOVEMENT WAS WEST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE RURAL WEST CENTRAL UNION COUNTY...INCLUDING GLADSTONE AND HIGHWAY 56. 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. DPORTER
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 2:27 PM MST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 327 PM MDT WED JUL 26 2006 NMZ003-262200- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL SANTA FE COUNTY... AT 325 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 45 MPH AND HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF SANTA FE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE RURAL NORTH CENTRAL SANTA FE COUNTY...GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF SANTA FE AND WEST OF TESUQUE AND SOUTHEAST OF WHITE ROCK. 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. DPORTER
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 19 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:37 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Bernalillo
- When
- July 26, 3:54 PM MST
- Where
- Bernalillo County, 2 mi SW of Alameda
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.167, -106.650
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
- Wildfire in California, July 26 to 31, 2006
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 26, 2006
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, July 26, 2006
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 26, 2006
- Damaging Wind and High Wind in Utah, July 26, 2006
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, July 26, 2006
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Connecticut, July 26, 2006
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 26, 2006
- Flash Flooding in Arizona, July 26, 2006
- Tornado in Florida, July 26, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 26, 2006
- Flash Flood and Flood in Indiana, July 26 to 27, 2006
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, July 2006
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5522852, 5522853.