One severe storm in Colorado moved southeast into Union County producing up to golf ball sized hail in Des Moines and penny to half dollar sized hail in Clayton. This produced one report of hail damage in Clayton.
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The episode as NWS ABQ wrote it up.
One severe storm in Colorado moved southeast into Union County producing up to golf ball sized hail in Des Moines and penny to half dollar sized hail in Clayton. This produced one report of hail damage in Clayton. The severe storm weakened and moved into the Texas panhandle shortly after.
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 Aug 6, 5:09 PM MST, 39 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 609 PM MDT Sun Aug 6 2023 ...New AVIATION... .SYNOPSIS... Issued at 301 PM MDT Sun Aug 6 2023 Record breaking heat is expected across the region the next several days. Isolated to scattered storms today will focus in eastern NM with activity shifting to southwestern areas early to mid-week. Monday and Tuesday will be hot, dry, and windy in northern NM with elevated to critical fire weather conditions during the afternoon. Temperatures begin to decrease slightly mid to late week, but will still remain within a few degrees of record levels. There is the potential for increased precipitation chances late week and over the weekend. && .SHORT TERM... (This evening through Monday night) Issued at 301 PM MDT Sun Aug 6 2023 Low clouds prevalent over northeast and into east central NM this morning have finally cleared out. Still, the northeast winds persist over the majority of the eastern plains this afternoon but are waning, with some cooler temperatures in place over the northeast. Not positive Roswell will reach the Heat Advisory criteria but there is plenty of afternoon left. Otherwise, scattered to broken amounts of cumulus have again developed generally along and south of I-40. Not much has transpired so far over far northeast NM where SPC has outlooked the Marginal Risk but this may start to change as the afternoon progresses. Models are still advertising more convective activity along and south of I-40 Monday afternoon and evening especially over the southwest and south central where mid level, and even low level moisture is forecast to increase. There are some differences how far north this moisture may creep, and the northern periphery may see isolated dry showers and storms with gusty erratic winds. Highs Monday west and central will decrease slightly, and despite another surge into the east tonight and potential for low clouds, highs there may actually increase a few degrees over today's highs. && .LONG TERM... (Tuesday through Saturday) Issued at 301 PM MDT Sun Aug 6 2023 Northern NM will be stuck in between an elongated high over southern NM and a shortwave trough over the northern Rockies on Tuesday. Abnormally strong 300 mb winds of around 60 knots will support breezy to locally windy conditions at the surface. PWATs may fall below the 10th percentile across north-central NM where westerly winds will be maximized. Winds slacken a bit on Wednesday as the shortwave exits into the Great Plains, but breezy conditions will still prevail in the same areas. Models are getting into better agreement that the elongated ridge over southern NM will slide southeastward into southern TX mid week. This will allow elevated Pacific moisture to be advected northward into the southwestern NM. Ensemble mean PWATs rise up to near normal values for this time of year, but the lack of low-level moisture will prevent widespread wetting precipitation from developing. Even without widespread convection, the decrease in heights should translate to a slight drop in temperatures for most of the area. Roswell will still be hovering near 105F each day, but highs should be just below triple digits along the RGV. The high over southern TX opens the opportunity for a subtropical wave or two to be advected into the area. This along with the possibility of low- level moisture increasing from the east does indicate that PWATs along with precipitation chances may be on the rise next weekend. However, a subset of EPS members are still showing the high too far northward to get the moisture intrusion from the east. Regardless, mid-level moisture from the Pacific should at least result in isolated to scattered storms over the southwest mountains. && .AVIATION... (00Z TAFS) Issued at 547 PM MDT Sun Aug 6 2023 Isolated showers and thunderstorms will continue over southern and eastern areas into the evening. A few cells may linger after midnight with greatest confidence around Roswell. Confidence is decreasing for the development of a significant east canyon wind in Albuquerque and Santa Fe tonight. Storms are probably going to be too isolated east of the central mountains for their outflow to nudge the quasi-stationary front on the eastern plains westward into the central valley. However, the front is expected to surge southward through Roswell with some gusty winds early Monday morning. Behind the front, low level moisture will increase across northeast and east central areas again tonight with low clouds producing MVFR conditions as far south as Clines Corners, Santa Rosa, and Clovis from late tonight until mid morning Monday. Monday afternoon, Scattered to isolated showers and thunderstorms are forecast along and south of I-40 with spottier cells possible across the northeast. Some storms and virga showers over central and west central areas will produce dry microbursts with erratic wind gusts potentially reaching 45 kt, as well as brief but potentially significant visibility restriction in blowing dust. Vigorous smoke plumes are also expected to develop from wildfires over the southwest mountains, northwest mountains, and northwest highlands Monday afternoon with a trajectory toward the east and a little southeast of the fires. && .FIRE WEATHER... Issued at 301 PM MDT Sun Aug 6 2023 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO DUE TO HOT, DRY, WINDY, AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN NEW MEXICO DUE TO HOT, DRY, WINDY, AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS... Critical fire weather conditions will persist Monday and Tuesday over much of northwest, across north central and into the Northeast Highlands of New Mexico. Mid level moisture will increase Monday over portions of western and central New Mexico, leading to an increase in convection but not necessarily wetting rain. Gusty erratic winds and isolated dry lightning will be possible with some of this activity. Potential for wetting rain along and west of the Continental Divide may increase mid to late this week as westerly flow aloft retreats. In eastern NM, low level moisture will slosh back and forth in the short term, with any storms having very small wetting footprints. The east looks to be mostly dry from Tuesday through Thursday and into Friday. Overall temperatures will be above normal, although highs will decrease slightly on Monday over the west and central. Overnight humidity recoveries generally remain fair to poor except closer to the TX border this week and near the AZ border in west central New Mexico Monday night through Wednesday night. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Farmington...................... 56 95 58 92 / 0 0 0 5 Dulce........................... 47 88 47 87 / 0 0 0 10 Cuba............................ 56 87 55 88 / 5 5 5 20 Gallup.......................... 57 89 58 89 / 0 10 20 20 El Morro........................ 56 85 55 85 / 5 30 20 20 Grants.......................... 57 89 57 90 / 5 20 10 20 Quemado......................... 59 87 57 87 / 10 50 40 40 Magdalena....................... 66 88 61 89 / 10 50 30 30 Datil........................... 60 85 56 86 / 10 50 30 40 Reserve......................... 60 91 57 92 / 5 50 30 30 Glenwood........................ 69 95 67 96 / 5 40 30 30 Chama........................... 46 83 44 82 / 0 0 0 10 Los Alamos...................... 61 88 60 86 / 5 5 0 20 Pecos........................... 58 88 59 88 / 10 10 0 10 Cerro/Questa.................... 47 85 45 84 / 5 0 0 10 Red River....................... 42 78 41 78 / 5 0 0 20 Angel Fire...................... 37 79 38 79 / 5 0 0 10 Taos............................ 52 88 51 87 / 5 0 0 10 Mora............................ 51 85 53 84 / 10 5 0 20 Espanola........................ 55 93 55 94 / 5 5 0 10 Santa Fe........................ 61 89 60 88 / 5 10 0 10 Santa Fe Airport................ 59 92 59 91 / 5 5 0 10 Albuquerque Foothills........... 69 92 67 94 / 5 10 5 10 Albuquerque Heights............. 70 94 68 96 / 5 10 10 10 Albuquerque Valley.............. 63 95 63 98 / 5 20 10 10 Albuquerque West Mesa........... 68 94 67 96 / 5 10 5 10 Belen........................... 70 96 67 99 / 5 20 10 10 Bernalillo...................... 65 95 65 97 / 5 10 5 10 Bosque Farms.................... 66 95 64 97 / 5 20 10 10 Corrales........................ 67 95 66 97 / 5 10 5 10 Los Lunas....................... 69 95 66 98 / 5 20 10 10 Placitas........................ 65 92 65 94 / 5 10 5 10 Rio Rancho...................... 67 94 66 96 / 5 10 5 10 Socorro......................... 73 96 66 99 / 10 40 20 20 Sandia Park/Cedar Crest......... 62 87 61 87 / 5 10 5 10 Tijeras......................... 64 89 62 90 / 5 10 10 10 Edgewood........................ 60 90 60 91 / 5 10 10 10 Moriarty/Estancia............... 57 91 57 92 / 10 10 10 10 Clines Corners.................. 58 87 59 88 / 10 10 10 10 Mountainair..................... 63 89 61 91 / 10 20 10 20 Gran Quivira.................... 65 90 62 90 / 20 30 20 20 Carrizozo....................... 70 95 68 94 / 20 30 30 10 Ruidoso......................... 63 87 61 87 / 20 30 30 20 Capulin......................... 54 84 53 86 / 30 10 5 10 Raton........................... 55 88 52 89 / 20 5 0 10 Springer........................ 55 89 54 92 / 20 5 0 10 Las Vegas....................... 54 89 58 90 / 10 10 0 10 Clayton......................... 59 89 58 93 / 30 10 20 5 Roy............................. 58 88 58 92 / 20 10 5 10 Conchas......................... 63 95 63 99 / 20 10 10 5 Santa Rosa...................... 65 96 67 95 / 20 20 10 5 Tucumcari....................... 65 97 66 98 / 20 10 20 0 Clovis.......................... 67 96 67 99 / 20 20 30 5 Portales........................ 68 98 69 101 / 20 20 30 5 Fort Sumner..................... 68 98 69 100 / 20 20 20 5 Roswell......................... 75 104 73 104 / 20 20 20 5 Picacho......................... 69 95 69 96 / 20 30 20 10 Elk............................. 65 92 65 93 / 10 30 20 20 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Red Flag Warning until 8 PM MDT this evening for NMZ101-120-121. Fire Weather Watch from Tuesday afternoon through Tuesday evening for NMZ101-120. Heat Advisory until 7 PM MDT this evening for NMZ219-238. Red Flag Warning from 11 AM to 8 PM MDT Monday for NMZ120>123. && SHORT TERM...99 LONG TERM....16 AVIATION...44
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 191 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:48 UTC.
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A home window was knocked out by copious amounts of golf ball size hail.
Hail between penny to half dollar size diameter fell in the area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2023Every state in 2023This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, August 2023
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: 1106338, 1106340.