Hail, Curry
- When
- June 8, 5:01 PM MST to 5:06 PM MST
- Where
- Curry County, 1.79 mi SW of Grady
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 34.800, -103.340
Pea to quarter hail 2 miles southwest of Grady.
Hail in New Mexico, June 8, 2013
Fast northwest flow aloft with remnant moisture in place over the east central plains produced an isolated severe thunderstorm in Curry County. Quarter size hail was reported for several minutes near Grady.
Where it happened
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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 happened
The episode as NWS ABQ wrote it up.
Fast northwest flow aloft with remnant moisture in place over the east central plains produced an isolated severe thunderstorm in Curry County. Quarter size hail was reported for several minutes near Grady. Several wall clouds were also reported with this storm as it pushed south across the county.
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 8, 4:40 PM MST, 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 4:40 PM MST, 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 540 PM MDT SAT JUN 8 2013 .AVIATION... 00Z TAF CYCLE VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL DURING NEXT 24-TAF PERIOD. STRONG WEST-NW WIND GUSTS WILL DIMINISH AROUND SUNSET...AS WILL MOST SHOWERS/STORMS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL...HOWEVER...CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING ALONG A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT SLIDING SOUTHWARD THROUGH EAST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NM TONIGHT. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS. THE BACK DOOR FRONT WILL PROVIDE AN ABRUPT CHANGE IN WIND DIRECTION TO NLY AT KROW AROUND 05Z...ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTS TO 35KTS. 33 && .PREV DISCUSSION...250 PM MDT SAT JUN 8 2013... TREND TOWARDS WARMER AND DRIER WEATHER ON THE HORIZON. FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO SLOSH BACK AND FORTH OVER THE EAST AND POSSIBLY INTO CENTRAL NM...BUT BECOMING MORE SHALLOW WITH TIME AS NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS ALOFT TRANSITION TO AN UPPER HIGH CENTER OVERHEAD BY MONDAY OR TUESDAY. A FRONT WORKING IT/S WAY THROUGH EASTERN COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON WAS NEAR THE FAR NE NM BORDER AT 2 PM. THIS BOUNDARY IS FORECAST TO PUSH INTO THE STATE THIS EVENING AND THROUGH THE EASTERN PLAINS TONIGHT. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS FORECAST TO INCREASE INTO THE NORTHEAST QUARTER THEN SPREAD SOUTHWARD AND WESTWARD. THE WESTWARD EXTENT WILL BE TRICKY AS IT HAS BEEN WITH THE LAST SEVERAL BOUNDARIES...AND MAY BE DEPENDENT SOMEWHAT ON ANY CONVECTION THAT MIGHT DEVELOP LATER TODAY...ALTHOUGH THAT ISN/T APPEARING TOO FAVORABLE AT THIS TIME. IT DOES APPEAR TO GET INTO THE RGV THOUGH BUT LIKELY NOT FOR A PERIOD THAT/S SUSTAINED ENOUGH TO RESULT IN MUCH BUT DRY CONVECTION SUNDAY. A REPEAT LOOKS SIMILAR FOR SUNDAY NIGHT WITH THE WESTWARD SLOSH ALTHOUGH THE NAM MORE VIGOROUS. FOR LATER MONDAY AND TUESDAY THE RIDGE IS FLATTENED BY A DISTURBANCE PASSING THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN...WHICH BRINGS A DRIER AIRMASS TO THE WEST AND CENTRAL. THE UPPER RIDGE REBOUNDS THEREAFTER AS IT SLOWLY SHIFTS EAST THROUGH THE WEEK. THIS PREVENTS ANY FRONTS FROM TRACKING DOWN THE EAST SIDE OF THE STATE...AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FROM SEEPING NORTHWESTWARD AS A SURFACE LEE TROUGH REMAINS INTACT. HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK WILL AVERAGE FROM 5 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND OVERNIGHT LOWS LOOK TO ALSO RANGE ABOVE AVERAGE. .FIRE WEATHER... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NM... STARTING TO MIX A BIT EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH SOME STRONGER GUSTS BEING PULLED DOWN IN PARTS OF NORTHWESTERN TO CENTRAL NM. WIND SPEEDS MAY BE A BIT MARGINAL IN DURATION...AS FAR AS REACHING RED FLAG CRITERIA IN THESE AREAS...BUT THINK IT WAS A GOOD CALL TO ISSUE THE WARNING EARLIER. SUCH DEEP MIXING...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES...STEEP TEMPERATURE LAPSE RATES...AND HIGHER DEWPOINT DEPRESSIONS ARE KEEPING THINGS A BIT UNSTABLE AND VOLATILE. WILL KEEP THE RED FLAG WARNING IN TACT THROUGH 8 PM. NEAR TERM FIRE WEATHER FORECAST THEN HINGES UPON THE DAY-TO-DAY MIGRATION OF BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE BROUGHT IN BY THE BACK DOOR FRONT. FRONT IS CURRENTLY IN SOUTHEAST CO NEAR THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF NM...AND IS DEPICTED TO INVADE THE EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT. THE SPEED AND EXTENT IT PUSHES WESTWARD MAY BE ENHANCED BY CONVECTION IN NORTHEAST NM THIS EVENING...GAINING SOME ASSISTANCE FROM THE CONVECTIVELY DRIVEN COLD POOL/OUTFLOWS. REGARDLESS...AN INCREASE IN DEWPOINTS AND RH RECOVERY SHOULD SPREAD INTO THE RIO GRANDE AND POINTS EAST...PERHAPS EVEN ONTO THE SOUTHEAST FACES OF THE JEMEZ. GUSTY WINDS WILL ATTEND THE LEADING EDGE OF THE FRONT...AND SOME MODEST GAP/CANYON WINDS MAY ALSO DEVELOP TONIGHT. THE UPTICK IN MOISTURE WILL SET THE STAGE FOR A MIX OF WET/DRY SHOWERS AND STORMS ALONG THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN EASTWARD WITH MORE OF A DRY VARIETY WEST OF THE RIO GRANDE. OTHERWISE THE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURE REGIME WILL CONTINUE AS AN UPPER HIGH SETTLES CLOSER TO NM...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES AND HIGH MIXING HEIGHT ENVIRONMENT WILL HOLD OVER THE WESTERN ZONES. NAM MODEL IS MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH THE MOISTURE STAYING BEYOND OR WEST OF THE RIO GRANDE INTO SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING...BUT THE DEMARCATION BETWEEN DRY STORMS TO WEST AND MIX OF WET/DRY TO THE EAST WILL BE DEPENDENT ON THIS. BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS DO NOT APPEAR TO GAIN TOO MUCH OF A WESTERLY COMPONENT MONDAY TO SCOUR THE MOISTURE OUT EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE...BUT TUESDAY WILL BE A DIFFERENT STORY. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EXTENDED FORECAST...AND THE DRYING WILL ADD TO THE UNSTABLE CONDITIONS THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. FORTUNATELY STRONGER WESTERLIES WILL REMAIN DISPLACED NORTH OF NM AWAY FROM THE UPPER HIGH. NEXT WEEKEND MODEL SOLUTIONS CONTINUE TO LOOK LIKE A JULY MONSOON-TYPE PATTERN...BUT CLIMATOLOGY WOULD ADD TO THE SKEPTICISM. 52 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ101-102-106. && 41
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 4:56 AM MST, 12 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 556 AM MDT SAT JUN 8 2013 NMZ501>540-091200- NORTHWEST PLATEAU-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS- NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS- SAN FRANCISCO RIVER VALLEY-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS- WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-SANTA FE METRO AREA-ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA- LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-ESTANCIA VALLEY- CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY- SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA- FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY- HARDING COUNTY-EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY- QUAY COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY- CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY- 556 AM MDT SAT JUN 8 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS WHERE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS...WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE PLAINS OF QUAY...CURRY AND ROOSEVELT COUNTIES DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. 44
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 2:52 PM MST, 2 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 352 PM MDT SAT JUN 8 2013 NMZ530-531-534-082215- HARDING COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY-UNION COUNTY- 352 PM MDT SAT JUN 8 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN UNION... NORTHEASTERN QUAY AND SOUTHEASTERN HARDING COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM MDT... AT 352 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES WEST OF NARA VISA...MOVING SOUTH AT 35 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...LOGAN AND UTE LAKE STATE PARK. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && LAT...LON 3529 10351 3571 10351 3577 10327 3537 10304 TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 338DEG 29KT 3565 10333 34
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:18 PM MST, 1 hour 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
418 PM MDT SAT JUN 8 2013
NMZ531-534-082245-
HARDING COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY-
418 PM MDT SAT JUN 8 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN QUAY AND SOUTHEASTERN
HARDING COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM MDT...
AT 417 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTH OF LOGAN...OR ABOUT 16 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF NARA VISA...MOVING SOUTH AT 35 MPH.
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS SMALL HAIL MAY ACCUMULATE ON AREA
ROADWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 54 NORTHEAST OF LOGAN.
AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...LOGAN.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
&&
LAT...LON 3514 10342 3557 10350 3563 10327 3525 10302
3522 10303
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 338DEG 29KT 3549 10334
34Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:43 PM MST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 443 PM MDT SAT JUN 8 2013 NMZ534-082315- QUAY COUNTY- 443 PM MDT SAT JUN 8 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN QUAY COUNTY THROUGH 515 PM MDT... AT 442 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOGAN...OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NARA VISA...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS SMALL HAIL MAY LIGHTLY ACCUMULATE ALONG HIGHWAYS 469 AND 392 SOUTHEAST OF LOGAN. AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...SAN JON AND BARD. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. && LAT...LON 3504 10303 3495 10341 3534 10345 3542 10323 TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 338DEG 25KT 3529 10331 34
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:26 PM MST, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 526 PM MDT SAT JUN 8 2013 NMZ534-535-090000- CURRY COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY- 526 PM MDT SAT JUN 8 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL QUAY AND NORTHEASTERN CURRY COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM MDT... AT 526 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WHEATLAND...OR ABOUT 29 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TUCUMCARI...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...GRADY AND BROADVIEW. BLOWING DUST ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS CAN REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. && LAT...LON 3469 10304 3464 10351 3508 10350 3511 10325 TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 338DEG 25KT 3491 10332 KJ
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 31 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:02 UTC.
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
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- Lightning Strikes in Florida, June 8, 2013
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 8, 2013
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 8 to 9, 2013
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 8, 2013
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 8, 2013
- Flood and Hail in Kansas, June 8, 2013
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 8, 2013
- Hail in Oklahoma, June 8, 2013
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, June 8, 2013
- Hail in Texas, June 8, 2013
- Hail in Mississippi, June 8, 2013
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, June 2013
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: 444999.