New Mexico, 2024Hail and Damaging Winds in New Mexico, July 1 to 3, 2024
July 1 to 3, 2024 · NWS ABQ · 4 events in 4 counties and zones
An upper level disturbance moving across the Great Basin and Central Rockies combined with record levels of monsoon moisture resulted in the development of widespread showers and storms across northern and central NM each and every afternoon from July 1st through July 3rd. These thunderstorms produced high wind gusts of 59 and 68 mph at the Belen Regional Airport and the Mine mesonet station on…
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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An upper level disturbance moving across the Great Basin and Central Rockies combined with record levels of monsoon moisture resulted in the development of widespread showers and storms across northern and central NM each and every afternoon from July 1st through July 3rd. These thunderstorms produced high wind gusts of 59 and 68 mph at the Belen Regional Airport and the Mine mesonet station on the White Sands Missile Range respectively on July 1st. There was a 59 mph wind gust at the Raton Crews Airport on July 3rd. Drier air moved in from the northwest on the backside of the disturbance on July 4th.
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, 12:46 PM MST, 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 12:46 PM MST, 49 minutes before
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- When
- July 1, 1:35 PM MST to 1:38 PM MST
- Where
- Valencia County, 2.92 mi WSW of Belen
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 34.650, -106.830
Outflow from approaching thunderstorms produced a 59 mph wind gust at the Belen Regional Airport.
Thunderstorm Wind, Socorro
- When
- July 1, 3:55 PM MST to 4:02 PM MST
- Where
- Socorro County, 9.76 mi SW of Bingham
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 33.790, -106.490
Nearby thunderstorms resulted in a peak wind gust of 68 mph at the Mine Mesonet on the White Sands Missile Range.
Hail, Los Alamos
- When
- July 2, 12:30 PM MST to 12:41 PM MST
- Where
- Los Alamos County, 0.89 mi SE of (Lam)los Alamos Airport
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 35.870, -106.260
A trained spotter in Los Alamos reported nickel size hail from a thunderstorm.
Thunderstorm Wind, Colfax
- When
- July 3, 4:46 PM MST to 4:48 PM MST
- Where
- Colfax County, Raton Crews Arpt
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 36.730, -104.500
A thunderstorm produced a microburst at the Raton Crews Airport resulting in a peak wind gust of 59 mph.
- 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.
- 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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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1179699, 1179700, 1179701, 1179702.