Hail, Colfax
- When
- July 1, 2:27 PM MST
- Where
- Colfax County, 10 mi NNW of Raton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 37.034, -104.499
Hail in New Mexico, July 1, 2007
Moisture continued to be recycled over the eastern half of New Mexico early in July. Decent shear throughout the atmosphere helped sustained|the convection better than previous days.
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 happened
The episode as NWS ABQ wrote it up.
Moisture continued to be recycled over the eastern half of New Mexico early in July. Decent shear throughout the atmosphere helped sustained|the convection better than previous days. This resulted in a few reports of large hail.
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 1, 1:45 PM MST, 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 1:45 PM MST, 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 245 PM MDT SUN JUL 1 2007 .DISCUSSION... CLOSED HIGH ALOFT CENTERED OVER THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA PROVIDING KEY CONTROL OVER NEW MEXICO WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON...UNDERLAIN BY BROAD SURFACE THERMAL TROUGH FROM WESTERN ARIZONA ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO TO ROSWELL. CIRCULATION ABOUT SURFACE TROUGH AND NEAR TROUGH AXIS PROVIDING TOPOGRAPHIC BOOST TO DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN...AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES PUSH EASILY PAST CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURES BROADLY IN THE MID 90S. EXPECTING MOST ACTIVITY TO DIE DOWN AFTER SUNSET...AS TEMPERATURE TRIGGERS VANISH AND CONVECTION IS LEFT TO THE MERCY OF OUTFLOW BOUNDARY CONVERGENCE AND COLLISIONS WITH TOPOGRAPHY. MODELS...AGREEING WELL ON MAINTAINING STATUS QUO FOR MOST OF UPCOMING WORK WEEK. SOME TRANSLATION OF CLOSED HIGH NORTHWARD BY LATE IN THE WORK WEEK MAY PERMIT SOME NORTHWARD PENETRATION OF MOISTURE AND DYNAMICS FROM NORTHERN MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS INTO EASTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA...BUT THE MARGINAL INCREASE IN CLOUDS AND SHOWER COVERAGE WILL BE MODEST AT BEST. MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...BROAD PERSISTENT SURFACE EASTERLY FLOW INTO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN WILL TOUCH OFF ANOTHER ROUND OF ISOLATED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY FROM THE CRESTS EASTWARD...WITH WEAKLY NORTH FLOW WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS. CONTINUED WARM TEMPERATURES OUT WEST. LAST HALF OF THE WORK WEEK...SOME EROSION OF EASTERN MARGINS OF THE CLOSED HIGH ALOFT WILL BROADEN CLOUD COVERAGE AND TWEAK UP SHOWERS CHANCES MAINLY FOR EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. SOME WEAK DISTURBANCES MOVING FROM NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST ON THE EASTERN MARGINS OF THE CLOSED HIGH MAY HELP TRIGGER A FEW MORE EAST SLOPE SHOWERS NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER AND CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. TEMPERATURES MODERATING SLIGHTLY AS THE WORK WEEK WRAPS UP. SHY && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 56 100 59 100 / 0 0 0 0 GALLUP.......................... 44 98 48 97 / 0 0 0 0 GRANTS.......................... 49 97 51 97 / 0 0 0 0 GLENWOOD........................ 62 102 62 102 / 0 0 0 0 CHAMA........................... 43 89 44 92 / 10 5 5 5 LOS ALAMOS...................... 56 90 57 92 / 5 5 10 0 RED RIVER....................... 46 79 48 82 / 10 5 5 5 TAOS............................ 50 93 49 94 / 10 0 5 0 SANTA FE........................ 56 93 54 95 / 10 5 10 0 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 59 95 58 96 / 5 0 10 0 ESPANOLA........................ 57 98 58 98 / 5 0 10 0 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 68 98 69 98 / 5 0 10 0 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 65 99 66 99 / 5 0 5 0 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 65 97 66 98 / 5 0 10 0 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 67 99 66 98 / 5 0 5 0 SOCORRO......................... 64 98 66 100 / 5 0 0 0 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 57 91 57 93 / 10 5 10 5 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 55 95 56 94 / 10 5 10 5 CARRIZOZO....................... 63 96 65 97 / 10 5 10 5 RUIDOSO......................... 59 86 60 86 / 10 5 10 5 RATON........................... 54 91 53 93 / 10 5 5 5 LAS VEGAS....................... 54 88 54 90 / 10 10 5 5 ROY............................. 60 86 61 90 / 0 0 5 0 CLAYTON......................... 61 89 62 93 / 0 5 5 0 SANTA ROSA...................... 63 96 62 94 / 5 0 5 0 TUCUMCARI....................... 64 96 65 97 / 0 5 5 0 FORT SUMNER..................... 65 95 66 95 / 0 0 5 0 CLOVIS.......................... 65 93 65 94 / 0 0 5 0 PORTALES........................ 64 94 66 95 / 0 0 5 0 ROSWELL......................... 67 99 68 97 / 0 0 5 0 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 25
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 4:20 AM MST, 10 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 520 AM MDT SUN JUL 1 2007 NMZ001>021-026-021200- 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- 520 AM MDT SUN JUL 1 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HOWEVER...ANOTHER LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO FORM AND MOVE SOUTHWARD ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH...HAIL AROUND ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...HEAVY RAIN AT RATES AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR AND MINOR FLOODING. A FEW STORMS MAY TURN SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY 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. 16
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 1:29 PM MST, 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 229 PM MDT SUN JUL 1 2007 NMZ017-012115- CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS- 229 PM MDT SUN JUL 1 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR RUIDOSO... AT 223 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 BONITO LAKE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 5 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ALTO...ANGUS AND RUIDOSO DOWNS. 50
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 161 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:26 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Mora
- When
- July 1, 3:13 PM MST to 3:23 PM MST
- Where
- Mora County, Rainsville
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 35.980, -105.200
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- July 1, 3:36 PM MST to 3:41 PM MST
- Where
- Lincoln County, Ruidoso Downs
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 33.330, -105.570
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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The same day elsewhere
- Wildfire in Utah, July 1 to 12, 2007
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Kansas, July 1 to 4, 2007
- Flooding in Kansas, July 1 to 3, 2007
- Flooding in Missouri, July 1 to 7, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, July 1, 2007
- Flooding in Kansas, July 1 to 8, 2007
- Rip Current in North Carolina, July 1, 2007
- Flood in Oklahoma, July 1 to 9, 2007
- Drought in Mississippi, July 1 to 4, 2007
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Texas, July 1 to 3, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 1, 2007
- Drought in California, July 1 to 31, 2007
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, July 2007
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: 30858, 30859, 30860.