Hail and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, June 5, 2015

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, June 5, 2015
Start: 2015-06-05T13:58
End: 2015-06-05T16:10
Location: New Mexico

June 5, 2015 · NWS ABQ · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $15,000
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.

A subtropical jet stream moving northeast over New Mexico interacted with deep Gulf of Mexico moisture in place from the central mountain chain into the eastern plains on the 5th. Showers and thunderstorms developed along the mountains of central New Mexico and moved northeast across the plains. Quarter size hail was reported along Interstate 25 near Maxwell and some wind damage was reported to trees around Roswell. Several other very strong storms were noted however no severe reports were obtained.

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 5, 10:52 AM MST, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 10:52 AM MST, 3 hours 6 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1152 AM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015

.FIRE WEATHER UPDATE...
ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW NORTHWARD AHEAD OF A
PACIFIC LOW. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SH/TS WILL DEVELOP AS THE DAY
PROGRESSES. IMPACTS ARE LIKELY AT ALL OF THE TERMINAL SITES. IT
DOESNT APPEAR MVFR CIGS/VIS WOULD OCCUR WITH THE ACTIVITY
ALTHOUGH CANT RULE IT OUT FOR A SHORT DURATION. OCCNL MTN TOP
OBSCD EXPECTED. GUSTY WINDS WOULD ALSO BE ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF
THE ACTIVITY AND MOST LIKELY AT AEG/ABQ/SAF. SOME OF THE ACTIVITY
WILL LESSEN MID/LATE EVENING. THE BEST CHANCE OF OVERNIGHT
ACTIVITY WILL BE ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS REGION.

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&&

.PREV DISCUSSION...351 AM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015...
.SYNOPSIS...
MID AND HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE HAS CERTAINLY INCREASED DRAMATICALLY
AREAWIDE OVER THE PAST 18 HOURS...WHILE LOW LEVEL GULF MOISTURE
HAS EXPANDED WESTWARD TO COVER MUCH OF THE EAST HALF OF NEW
MEXICO. THIS WILL RESULT IN A GOOD CROP OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED
MAINLY AFTERNOON STORMS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST NEW
MEXICO AND...IN A CLOSE SECOND...THE EAST THIRD TO NEARLY HALF OF
THE STATE. PATTERN TO REPEAT SOMEWHAT SIMILARLY SATURDAY...THOUGH
FAR WEST OR SOUTHWEST SECTIONS MAY SEE A LITTLE LESS COVERAGE AND
CENTRAL SECTIONS JUST MAYBE A BIT MORE. THEREAFTER SOME DRYING
LOOKING MORE LIKELY TO INVADE FROM THE WEST LOWERING CHANCES
ACROSS THE WEST HALF SIGNIFICANTLY AND TO A LESSER DEGREE ACROSS
THE EAST SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THE PATTERN MAY FAVOR SOME SLIGHT TO
MODERATE INCREASE IN CHANCES WEST AND CENTRAL MIDWEEK NEXT WEEK.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
TODAY BRINGS A MAJOR UPTICK IN MOISTURE ACROSS THE STATE...TOP
DOWN MOISTENING HAS OCCURRED MAINLY WEST HALF WITH BOTH LOWER AND
HIGHER LVL MOISTURE HAVING INCREASED ACROSS THE EAST. SATELLITE
IMAGERY SUGGESTS THAT ALREADY A DECENT AMOUNT OF THIS HIGHER LVL
MOISTURE SEEMS TO BE BEING PULLED FROM BLANCA. THE RESULT SHOULD
BE A GOOD CROP OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON STORMS
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND ALMOST AS
WIDESPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF THE EAST. UPPER LEVEL LOW TO THE WEST
WILL SLIDE A BIT EASTWARD...THUS THE FOCUS FOR STORMS ON SATURDAY
SHOULD BE MORE ACROSS NORTHERN MTNS AND NEAR TO A LITTLE WAYS EAST
OF THE CENTRAL MTN CHAIN. THIS SHOULD FAVOR THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY
A LITTLE MORE SO THAN TODAY...BUT LIKELY NOT SOLID COVERAGE OF
DECENT AMTS. PWATS INCREASING QUITE A BIT TODAY INTO SAT. THUS...
AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN AND PERHAPS SOME LOCALIZED...GENERALLY
MINOR...FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY...TODAY ACROSS ROUGHLY
NW THIRD AND BETWEEN EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL MTN CHAIN AND THE
WESTERNMOST COUNTIES OF THE EASTERN PLAINS.

SOME DRYING LOOKING INCREASINGLY LIKELY TO INVADE FROM THE WEST
LOWERING CHANCES ACROSS THE WEST HALF SIGNIFICANTLY AND TO A
LESSER DEGREE ACROSS THE EAST SUN AND MON. EARLY TO MID WEEK
ACTIVITY WILL DEPEND LARGELY ON THE ON THE TRACK OF HURRICANE
BLANCA REMNANTS. BUILDING RIDGE ALOFT ACROSS NM ON S AND SE MAY
PUSH ITS MOISTURE FARTHER WEST AND SLOW DOWN ITS NORTHWARD ADVANCE
SOMEWHAT...AS WELL AS ALLOWING IT MORE TIME TO RAIN ITSELF OUT
BEFORE GETTING INTO NM...IF INDEED IT DOES AT ALL. STILL THIS MAY
STILL FAVOR SOME SLIGHT TO MODERATE INCREASE IN CHANCES WEST AND
CENTRAL MIDWEEK NEXT WEEK. 43

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.FIRE WEATHER...
TOP DOWN MOISTURE IS INCREASING OVER CENTRAL AND
WESTERN NM THIS MORNING AS PART OF THE REMNANT MOISTURE TAP FROM
FORMER HURRICANE ANDRES SLIDES THROUGH NORTHERN MEXICO. HUMIDITY
RECOVERIES ARE STILL POOR IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY WHERE MOISTURE
ADVECTION HAS STRUGGLED TO TAKE PLACE. THAT WILL CHANGE THROUGH THE
DAY AS SHOWERS AND STORMS SLIDE EAST INTO THE AREA. ANOTHER ROUND OF
STRONG STORMS IS POSSIBLE OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS WITH HEAVY WETTING
FOOTPRINTS. BY TONIGHT RECOVERIES WILL TREND SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER
FOR ALL AREAS THAN HAS BEEN THE CASE THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS.

SATURDAY WILL FEATURE THE BEST MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY FOR CENTRAL
AND WESTERN NM SO WETTING RAINS ARE LIKELY...PARTICULARLY WITHIN THE
HIGH TERRAIN. A FEW MOUNTAIN AREAS MAY PICK UP NEAR 1 INCH OF RAIN.
GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO TREND TOWARD A PRONOUNCED DRY SLOT ADVANCING
EASTWARD INTO WESTERN NM SUNDAY BEHIND THE REMNANT MOISTURE. MIN RH
VALUES ARE FORECAST BLW 20 PCT MOST AREAS SUNDAY WEST OF THE DIVIDE
AND WINDS BREEZY IN THE AFTERNOON. FOCUS FOR WETTING RAINFALL WILL
AGAIN SHIFT BACK TO THE EAST.

A COMPLEX WEATHER PATTERN IS BECOMING MORE EVIDENT THROUGH MUCH OF
NEXT WEEK. THE UPPER HIGH BUILDING OVER TEXAS APPEARS TO SHIFT THE
REMNANTS OF HURRICANE BLANCA INTO NORTHWEST MEXICO MONDAY THEN INTO
ARIZONA TUESDAY. DRY AIR WRAPS AROUND THE REMNANT MOISTURE INTO MUCH
OF NORTHERN NM AND FORCES A BIG DOWNTICK IN SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM
COVERAGE. BY WEDNESDAY THE REMNANT CIRCULATION FINALLY EJECTS EAST
AND TRENDS STORM COVERAGE UP OVER NM THROUGH THURSDAY. ANY SLIGHT
CHANGE IN THE POSITION OF SEVERAL FEATURES COULD REALLY ALTER HOW
MUCH WETTING RAINFALL IS RECEIVED THROUGH NEXT WEEK. NONETHELESS...
THERE STILL APPEARS TO BE NO SUBSTANTIAL FIRE GROWING PATTERN IN
STORE FOR THE AREA. GUYER

&&

.ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 5:12 AM MST, 8 hours 46 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
612 AM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015

NMZ501>540-061200-
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 CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET-
EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-SANTA FE METRO AREA-
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/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-
612 AM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
NEW MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO MAINLY NEAR AND EAST OF A
LINE FROM RATON TO SANTA ROSA FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH MID
EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS SHOULD BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL. ALSO...A STRONG STORM OR TWO IS POSSIBLE IN FAR
NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS THE MAIN
RISKS.

IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON
INTO THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
NEW MEXICO...PRIMARILY WEST OF A LINE FROM CLAYTON TO MELROSE
TO THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
MOST OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...ALSO THE EAST HALF OF NEW MEXICO SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WILL AGAIN BE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL.

WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS...
WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY...SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR MAINLY THE EAST HALF OF NEW MEXICO FOR
MAINLY THE RISK OF LARGE HAIL AND STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 5, 8:46 AM MST, 5 hours 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
946 AM MDT FRI JUN 05 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1100 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ROSEBUD                 35.84N 103.44W
06/04/2015                   HARDING            NM   PUBLIC

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EVENT NUMBER ABQ1502253

RJOJOLA

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 12:43 PM MST, 1 hour 15 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
143 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015

NMZ526-052015-
SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
143 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 215
PM MDT...

AT 142 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SMOKEY BEAR HISTORICAL PARK...OR 17 MILES
NORTHEAST OF RUIDOSO...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CAPITAN...SMOKEY BEAR HISTORICAL PARK...ENCINOSO...FORT STANTON AND
ANGUS.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR YOUR PREFERRED
MEDIA OUTLETS AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3352 10568 3379 10565 3375 10546 3373 10546
      3373 10543 3371 10542 3372 10540 3374 10539
      3373 10536 3371 10536 3370 10532 3347 10547
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 194DEG 12KT 3357 10556

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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 1:20 PM MST, 38 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
220 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015

NMZ528-052100-
FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
220 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL COLFAX COUNTY...

AT 219 PM MDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR MAXWELL...OR 12 MILES
NORTH OF SPRINGER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAXWELL.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 421 AND 434.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MAXWELL NATIONAL WILDLIFE
REFUGE.

LAT...LON 3649 10441 3645 10468 3657 10475 3673 10460
      3674 10457 3674 10455
TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 219DEG 15KT 3655 10464

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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 1:47 PM MST, 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
247 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015

NMZ529-052130-
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
247 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL
COUNTY...

AT 247 PM MDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER RIBERA...OR 17 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF LAS VEGAS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RIBERA...TECOLOTE...OJITOS FRIOS AND CHAPELLE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 321 AND 338.

LAT...LON 3530 10518 3531 10548 3540 10550 3547 10544
      3544 10541 3544 10537 3547 10537 3549 10540
      3551 10540 3553 10536 3556 10535 3558 10531
      3558 10529
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 239DEG 14KT 3539 10541

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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 1:56 PM MST, 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
256 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015

NMZ539-540-052130-
SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-
256 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...

AT 256 PM MDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES SOUTH OF TINNIE...
OR 24 MILES EAST OF RUIDOSO...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PICACHO...TINNIE AND SUNSET.

LAT...LON 3307 10532 3333 10532 3348 10506 3309 10497
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 264DEG 21KT 3323 10528

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The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 217 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:55 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Colfax

When: June 5, 1:58 PM MST to 2:03 PM MST
Where: Colfax County, 4 mi W of Maxwell
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: SHAVE Project
Coordinates: 36.540, -104.612

NSSL SHAVE passed along report of quarter size hail near Maxwell.

Hail, Colfax

When: June 5, 2:30 PM MST to 2:40 PM MST
Where: Colfax County, 6.81 mi NNE of Maxwell
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 36.630, -104.490

New Mexico Department of Transportation reported 1 inch of quarter size hail fell along interstate 25 between Maxwell and Raton. Snow trucks were brought out to plow hail off the road.

Thunderstorm Wind, Chaves

When: June 5, 4:00 PM MST to 4:10 PM MST
Where: Chaves County, Roswell
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $15,000
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 33.380, -104.520

Spotter passed along pictures of large tree limb blown over by thunderstorm wind gust in Roswell.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in New Mexico in 2015 Every state in 2015 This day in weather history Warnings in New Mexico, June 2015

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: 571703, 571704, 571705.