New Mexico, 2023

Hail in New Mexico, June 1, 2023

June 1, 2023 · NWS ABQ · 7 events in 4 counties and zones

The upper level low from May 31st slowly moved northeast towards Colorado with another round of severe storms across eastern New Mexico. Training supercells in central and southern Guadalupe County resulted in several reports of 1 to 2 inch hail as well as heavy rain.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
7

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.

The upper level low from May 31st slowly moved northeast towards Colorado with another round of severe storms across eastern New Mexico. Training supercells in central and southern Guadalupe County resulted in several reports of 1 to 2 inch hail as well as heavy rain. There were no reports of flash flooding however.

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 1, 11:02 AM MST, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 11:02 AM MST, 8 minutes before
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In the hours before

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The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 54 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:09 UTC.

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Event by event

7 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Sandoval

When
June 1, 11:10 AM MST to 11:30 AM MST
Where
Sandoval County, 7.06 mi WNW of Santo Domingo Pueblo
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
35.550, -106.490

A trained spotter 7 miles west-southwest of Kewa Pueblo reported nickel size hail in association with a supercell in eastern Sandoval County.

Hail, Santa Fe

When
June 1, 12:05 PM MST to 12:20 PM MST
Where
Santa Fe County, 8.29 mi NW of (Saf)santa Fe Muni Airport
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
35.690, -106.200

Penny sized hail fell 8 miles south-southeast of Frijoles in association with a supercell in northwest Santa Fe County.

Hail, Guadalupe

When
June 1, 1:35 PM MST to 1:50 PM MST
Where
Guadalupe County, 9.66 mi W of Pintada
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
Storm Chaser
Coordinates
34.890, -105.240

One inch hail fell 4 miles south of Milagro in western Guadalupe County in association with a supercell. Hail accumulations of up to 3 inches occurred at that location.

Hail, Guadalupe

When
June 1, 2:20 PM MST to 2:50 PM MST
Where
Guadalupe County, 3.5 mi N of Pastura
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
Storm Chaser
Coordinates
34.830, -104.930

One inch hail accumulated and covered NM State Highway 219, three miles north-northeast of Pastura in central Guadalupe County.

Hail, Guadalupe

When
June 1, 3:16 PM MST to 3:45 PM MST
Where
Guadalupe County, 2.66 mi ENE of Pastura
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
Storm Chaser
Coordinates
34.800, -104.900

Three storm reports with hail between 1 to 1.75 inches covered U.S. Highway 54 from a second trailing supercell. Hail fell for around 20 minutes near Pastura in Guadalupe County.

Hail, Guadalupe

When
June 1, 4:00 PM MST to 4:25 PM MST
Where
Guadalupe County, 5.4 mi ESE of Puerto de Luna
Measured
2 in hail
Reported by
Storm Chaser
Coordinates
34.811, -104.528

A supercell 5 miles south-southeast of Puerto De Luna in central Guadalupe County initially produced ping pong ball size hail, growing to 2 inch size hail 13 minutes later.

Hail, Quay

When
June 1, 6:20 PM MST to 6:40 PM MST
Where
Quay County, 7.39 mi W of House
Measured
2 in hail
Reported by
Storm Chaser
Coordinates
34.650, -104.030

A supercell moved east from Guadalupe County into Quay County and produced 2 inch size hail 7 miles west of House.

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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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: 1093242, 1093247, 1093241, 1093248, 1093249, 1093250, 1093251.