New Mexico, 2006

Hail and Heavy Rain in New Mexico, June 27, 2006

June 27, 2006 · NWS ABQ · 4 events in 2 counties and zones

Strong storms moved across Rio Rancho and north central Albuquerque with heavy rain and a swath of hail. Parts of Rio Rancho, Corrales and the Albuquerque North Valley had rains of 1 to 2 inches in 60 to 90 minutes.

Where it happened

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  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
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  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
4

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.

Strong storms moved across Rio Rancho and north central Albuquerque with heavy rain and a swath of hail. Parts of Rio Rancho, Corrales and the Albuquerque North Valley had rains of 1 to 2 inches in 60 to 90 minutes. Several dirt roads were unpassable or washed out in Rio Rancho. Rio Oos Road on the east side of Highway 528 in Rio Rancho suffered the worst damage as the runoff reclaimed the arroyo that had been filled as a road in new housing development situated on the sandy slope of the mesa between Corrales and Rio Rancho. Ponding problems developed along Edith Blvd in the Albuquerque North Valley filling streets to curb full and reaching several inches into a few homes.

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, 6 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 2:00 PM MST, 6 hours before
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In the hours before

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The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:46 UTC.

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Event by event

2 heavy rain, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Sandoval

When
June 27, 8:00 PM MST to 9:20 PM MST
Where
Sandoval County, Rio Rancho
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
35.689, -106.866 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Rain, Bernalillo

When
June 27, 8:10 PM MST to 9:20 PM MST
Where
Bernalillo County, Albuquerque
Reported by
BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates
35.051, -106.670 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Sandoval

When
June 27, 8:48 PM MST to 9:05 PM MST
Where
Sandoval County, Rio Rancho
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates
35.250, -106.667

Hail, Bernalillo

When
June 27, 8:53 PM MST to 9:10 PM MST
Where
Bernalillo County, Albuquerque
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates
35.083, -106.567

What these are

Heavy Rain
Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
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

More

Every storm in New Mexico in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, June 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: 5510861, 5510860, 5510858, 5510859.