Hail and Damaging Winds in New Mexico, June 12 to 13, 2026

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in New Mexico, June 12 to 13, 2026
Start: 2026-06-12T18:03
End: 2026-06-13T12:57
Location: New Mexico

June 12 to 13, 2026 · NWS ABQ · 5 events in 3 counties and zones

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $20,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

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.

Afternoon thunderstorms fueled by abundant low level moisture developed over the high terrain of New Mexico both June 12th and 13th. A large scale area of high pressure stretching back east over the southern CONUS resulted in light steering flow pushing storms eastward through the late day and evening hours. Due to persisting drought conditions, outflow gusts from storms along and west of the Rio Grande Valley resulted in some blowing dust, including an event at the Double Eagle Airport in western Albuquerque June 12th. Elsewhere, severe hail and wind gusts resulted from strong thunderstorms mainly over northeastern NM. There was a report of thunderstorm wind damage near Moriarty where a barn roof was blown off from an estimated 60 mph wind gust.

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 12, 5:36 PM MST, 27 minutes earlier. Its key messages:

Updated at 634 PM MDT Fri Jun 12 2026
Scattered showers and storms are likely each day through Monday, with coverage peaking on Sunday. A few storms may become severe in central and eastern New Mexico each afternoon.
There is a moderate risk of flash flooding over the Ruidoso area burn scars each day through Monday. There is a low risk of off scar flash flooding in eastern New Mexico Saturday through Monday.
Drier and hotter weather returns around the middle of next week. Critical fire weather conditions may develop in northwest New Mexico Tuesday and Wednesday (moderate confidence).

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 5:36 PM MST, 27 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
636 PM MDT Fri Jun 12 2026

...New SHORT TERM, LONG TERM, AVIATION, FIRE WEATHER...

.KEY MESSAGES...
Updated at 634 PM MDT Fri Jun 12 2026

- Scattered showers and storms are likely each day through Monday,
  with coverage peaking on Sunday. A few storms may become severe
  in central and eastern New Mexico each afternoon.

- There is a moderate risk of flash flooding over the Ruidoso area
  burn scars each day through Monday. There is a low risk of off
  scar flash flooding in eastern New Mexico Saturday through
  Monday.

- Drier and hotter weather returns around the middle of next week.
  Critical fire weather conditions may develop in northwest New
  Mexico Tuesday and Wednesday (moderate confidence).

&&

.UPDATE...
Issued at 623 PM MDT Fri Jun 12 2026

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued for northeastern NM
including Colfax, Union, and Harding Counties for the threat of
severe thunderstorms moving east toward the TX later this evening.

&&

.SHORT TERM...
(Tonight through Sunday)
Issued at 634 PM MDT Fri Jun 12 2026

High pressure aloft is sprawling across the southern ConUS and
Mexico with the flow aloft remaining westerly in northern NM.
Meanwhile, the low level flow in the plains has begun to veer east
southeast behind yesterday and last night’s front. Although the
westerly winds aloft are weaker than previous days (20 to 30 kt
at 500 mb), this will add to directional/speed shear through the
evening, especially in northeastern NM where SPC has a Slight Risk
for severe weather outlined. After some close calls earlier
around the Ruidoso burn scars, convection is projected to keep
initiating north northeastward over the central and eventually
northeastern highlands before rolling eastward into the plains in
the late afternoon and evening. Most CAM's indicate that
convection will die off by midnight with a couple of members
retaining a cell or two in the northeastern plains through the
early morning hours.

The flow aloft will not alter or change all that much into
Saturday, but the orientation of a western centroid of the upper
high over Mexico and an inverted trough over the eastern Pacific
will steer deeper subtropical moisture into the Gulf of CA and
southern AZ. In NM, the eastern zones will retain deeper moisture
with PWATs of 1.0 to 1.2 inches with more modest amounts of 0.6
to 0.8 inch in most remaining NM zones, but higher values will be
pooling southwest of the Mogollon Rim into AZ. Overall, the
convection is modeled to be a bit more subdued on Saturday,
initiating east of the central mountain chain and just slightly
east of today’s initiation areas. However, sparse coverage does
look to develop to the west of the central mountain chain and
toward the southwestern NM mountains with the slight increase in
moisture, and western areas will also run a couple degrees cooler
Saturday afternoon, but still largely in the 90's. Any storms
west of the central mountain chain would be higher-based and less
efficient at producing measurable rainfall. Storms in
northeastern NM will again have the potential to turn strong to
severe with hail and damaging winds on Saturday.

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Sunday night through next Friday)
Issued at 634 PM MDT Fri Jun 12 2026

Into Sunday the flow aloft turns increasingly northwesterly over
NM while a strong shortwave trough dives into the central plains.
A few smaller scale embedded perturbations also look to ride the
northwest flow into NM while another backdoor cold front arrives
from the northeast at the surface early Sunday morning. Moisture
advection will ensue into eastern NM, setting the stage for
increased storms via surface moisture convergence and increasing
directional shear profiles anywhere along and east of the Rio
Grande valley. Areas to the west would continue to be favored for
more sparse, drier storms.

Surface high pressure will continue building southward down the
plains on Monday with winds veering more southerly in the plains.
This will keep moisture entrenched over the eastern half of the
state while the steady northwesterlies aloft start to eat at the
moisture in far western zones. Also, another shortwave
perturbation will slide down in this flow aloft, potentially
aiding additional convective initiation in central to eastern
zones.

The drying from the northwesterlies aloft will be more pronounced
going into Tuesday, squelching probabilities for precipitation
through Wednesday. This will allow temperatures to quickly
escalate, and by Wednesday readings will be running 5 to 12
degrees above normal with heat impacts returning for many zones as
we reach into the 90's and 100's again. The northwest flow aloft
would also strengthen some (15 to 30 kt at 700 mb), and this
would cause stronger momentum to mix down for breezy to windy
conditions both Tuesday and Wednesday from northwestern to central
zones. Another backdoor front returns Wednesday night, recharging
the low layer moisture into Thursday and reintroducing POPs.

&&

.AVIATION...
(00Z TAFS)
Issued at 634 PM MDT Fri Jun 12 2026

Isolated to scattered thunderstorms continues to track eastward off
the Sangre de Cristo Mts and Sacramento Mts toward TX this hour.
Localized IFR/MVFR conditions will accompany any of these storms
with strong to severe hail, winds, and lightning associated with any
of the strong storm cells. Have maintained a PROB30 for TS at KROW
for this. Meanwhile, scattered virga showers across western NM are
pushing some modest erratic stray gusts into portions of the Rio
Grande Valley. Have maintained PROB30s for this at KSAF-KABQ-KAEG
thru 02Z. VFR will prevail tonight once convection subsides or moves
into TX this evening. Saturday will see a similar pattern of
afternoon thunderstorms mainly along and east of the central
mountain chain with virga and isolated thunderstorm activity through
western NM.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
Issued at 634 PM MDT Fri Jun 12 2026

A backdoor front spilled into the Rio Grande valley and reached
beyond the Continental Divide last evening, and the moisture
accompanying the front has been significant, leading to a notable
increase in thunderstorm development. While the best prospects for
wetting rain are highest in eastern NM zones, modest moisture
gains between the Continental Divide and the central mountain
chain will continue to lead to the development of storms, just of
a drier variety that may include a few dry thunderstorms posing a
risk of new lightning ignitions, both today and Saturday.
Incoming disturbances aloft and another backdoor front will help
enhance storm development Sunday and, to a lesser degree, on
Monday. Similar trends will follow with wetter storms east of the
central mountain chain and drier, gustier storms to the west.
Prevailing wind concerns during this time frame would be mostly
driven by the backdoor fronts while thunderstorm outflows, of
course, produce brief and localized gusts.

Much drier air will arrive with the northwest flow aloft on
Tuesday and Wednesday, and this will shut down storm chances while
re-introducing breezy to windy conditions, particularly from the
Four Corners down into central, interior NM. Temperatures will
also be spiking in this drier regime, so a few hours of marginal
or critical fire weather would pose concerns both afternoons
Tuesday and Wednesday. The moist backdoor front arriving Wednesday
night into Thursday should provide at least partial, if not
fairly widespread, relief from the heat and dryness.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Farmington......................  60  93  61  90 /   0   5  10  20
Dulce...........................  49  88  50  82 /   0   5  10  70
Cuba............................  56  87  56  80 /  10  10  10  60
Gallup..........................  55  87  51  86 /   5  20  20  40
El Morro........................  55  83  53  82 /  10  20  20  30
Grants..........................  56  88  54  84 /  10  20  20  50
Quemado.........................  58  84  55  84 /   0  30  20  30
Magdalena.......................  63  88  62  81 /  10  30  20  60
Datil...........................  60  84  57  81 /  10  40  20  50
Reserve.........................  54  91  51  90 /   5  40  20  30
Glenwood........................  57  96  55  96 /   0  20  20  20
Chama...........................  47  81  47  74 /   5  10  20  70
Los Alamos......................  62  84  60  75 /  20  20  10  70
Pecos...........................  54  88  53  74 /  30  20  20  60
Cerro/Questa....................  53  82  51  73 /  20  40  30  80
Red River.......................  42  76  43  66 /  20  40  40  80
Angel Fire......................  33  79  42  68 /  20  30  40  80
Taos............................  53  85  53  76 /  20  20  20  80
Mora............................  51  83  50  67 /  40  30  50  80
Espanola........................  58  91  58  82 /  20  20  10  80
Santa Fe........................  59  88  60  78 /  30  20  10  60
Santa Fe Airport................  57  92  58  82 /  20  20  10  60
Albuquerque Foothills...........  68  96  66  85 /  10  20  10  60
Albuquerque Heights.............  67  95  67  86 /  10  20  10  60
Albuquerque Valley..............  59  97  60  88 /  10  20  10  60
Albuquerque West Mesa...........  65  96  65  86 /  10  20  10  60
Belen...........................  64  97  63  89 /  10  20  10  40
Bernalillo......................  63  96  64  87 /  10  20  10  60
Bosque Farms....................  60  96  59  87 /  10  20  10  50
Corrales........................  64  97  64  87 /  10  20  10  60
Los Lunas.......................  61  96  61  87 /  10  20  10  50
Placitas........................  65  92  64  83 /  20  20  10  60
Rio Rancho......................  65  95  65  85 /  10  20  10  60
Socorro.........................  69  97  68  90 /  10  20  20  50
Sandia Park/Cedar Crest.........  60  88  59  78 /  20  20  10  60
Tijeras.........................  61  90  60  80 /  10  20  10  60
Edgewood........................  58  90  58  77 /  20  20  10  50
Moriarty/Estancia...............  53  92  55  78 /  20  20  10  50
Clines Corners..................  56  87  54  70 /  20  20  20  40
Mountainair.....................  58  91  57  78 /  10  20  10  40
Gran Quivira....................  58  90  57  77 /  10  20  10  40
Carrizozo.......................  63  93  63  84 /  10  20  20  50
Ruidoso.........................  54  86  54  74 /  20  40  20  70
Capulin.........................  51  84  47  63 /  30  30  70  50
Raton...........................  50  88  51  68 /  20  30  60  50
Springer........................  53  89  53  69 /  40  30  60  50
Las Vegas.......................  55  87  52  67 /  40  30  30  50
Clayton.........................  62  92  53  67 /  50  40  70  30
Roy.............................  57  89  52  66 /  60  40  50  30
Conchas.........................  62  96  58  72 /  50  50  40  40
Santa Rosa......................  61  94  57  71 /  30  40  30  30
Tucumcari.......................  65  97  59  72 /  50  50  60  40
Clovis..........................  65  95  61  71 /  20  10  50  40
Portales........................  66  97  61  75 /  20  10  50  40
Fort Sumner.....................  64  95  60  74 /  30  30  40  30
Roswell.........................  67  98  66  82 /  30  20  20  50
Picacho.........................  60  93  60  75 /  20  60  30  50
Elk.............................  58  90  58  76 /  30  60  30  60

&&

.ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.
&&

SHORT TERM...11
LONG TERM....11
AVIATION...11

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 12, 4:18 PM MST, 1 hour 45 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
518 PM MDT Fri Jun 12 2026

NMZ223-229-233-122345-
Northeast Highlands NM-Central Highlands NM-Guadalupe County NM-
518 PM MDT Fri Jun 12 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN TORRANCE...
NORTHWESTERN GUADALUPE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTIES UNTIL 545
PM MDT...

At 518 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 12
miles southwest of Villanueva State Park, or 32 miles east of
Moriarty, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
  Villanueva State Park, Villanueva and Clines Corners.

This includes the following highways...
Interstate 40 between Mile Markers 219 and 243. Highway 285 between
Mile Markers 246 and 252.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.

Motorists can expect brief but sudden changes in visibility and
ponding of water on roadways as storms move through the area.

&&

LAT...LON 3496 10567 3516 10571 3532 10526 3494 10521
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 251DEG 16KT 3512 10549

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

77

Special weather statement, Jun 12, 4:31 PM MST, 1 hour 32 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
531 PM MDT Fri Jun 12 2026

NMZ215-228-231-130000-
Far Northeast Highlands NM-East Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains
NM-Harding County NM-
531 PM MDT Fri Jun 12 2026

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EASTERN MORA...
NORTHWESTERN HARDING AND SOUTHERN COLFAX COUNTIES UNTIL 6 PM MDT...

At 531 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong
thunderstorms extending from 8 miles south of Springer to near
Valmora, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
  Wagon Mound.

This includes Interstate 25 between Mile Markers 372 and 410.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.

Motorists can expect brief but sudden changes in visibility and
ponding of water on roadways as storms move through the area.

&&

LAT...LON 3590 10507 3606 10477 3633 10467 3632 10430
      3594 10439 3578 10456 3578 10472
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 279DEG 16KT 3626 10458 3599 10464 3584 10484

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

77

Special weather statement, Jun 12, 4:56 PM MST, 1 hour 7 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
556 PM MDT Fri Jun 12 2026

NMZ238-130030-
Chaves County Plains NM-
556 PM MDT Fri Jun 12 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY UNTIL 630
PM MDT...

At 556 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 27
miles southwest of Roswell, moving northeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
  Mainly rural areas of Central Chaves County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.

&&

LAT...LON 3296 10477 3302 10486 3310 10489 3326 10480
      3311 10453 3296 10473
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 218DEG 14KT 3305 10479

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

77

Special weather statement, Jun 12, 4:58 PM MST, 1 hour 5 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
558 PM MDT Fri Jun 12 2026

NMZ227-230-130030-
Union County NM-Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass
NM-
558 PM MDT Fri Jun 12 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN UNION AND EASTERN
COLFAX COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM MDT...

At 558 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Folsom, or near Des Moines, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
  Des Moines, Folsom and Capulin.

This includes Highway 64 between Mile Markers 376 and 393.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.

Motorists can expect brief but sudden changes in visibility and
ponding of water on roadways as storms move through the area.

&&

LAT...LON 3664 10401 3691 10401 3700 10365 3700 10360
      3668 10352
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 250DEG 30KT 3679 10391

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

77

Special weather statement, Jun 12, 5:28 PM MST, 35 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
628 PM MDT Fri Jun 12 2026

NMZ227-230-130100-
Union County NM-Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass
NM-
628 PM MDT Fri Jun 12 2026

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHERN UNION COUNTY
UNTIL 7 PM MDT...

At 628 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong
thunderstorms extending from 17 miles northeast of Seneca to near Des
Moines, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
  Des Moines, Clayton Lake State Park, Seneca and Moses.

This includes Highway 64 between Mile Markers 384 and 396.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.

Blowing dust associated with strong thunderstorm winds can reduce
visibility below one quarter mile at times.

&&

LAT...LON 3666 10391 3700 10379 3700 10300 3653 10300
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 274DEG 20KT 3685 10298 3680 10334 3674 10377

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 TO 55 MPH

77

Special weather statement, Jun 12, 5:45 PM MST, 18 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
645 PM MDT Fri Jun 12 2026

NMZ228-130115-
Far Northeast Highlands NM-
645 PM MDT Fri Jun 12 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN MORA COUNTY UNTIL
715 PM MDT...

At 645 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Wagon Mound, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
  Wagon Mound.

This includes Interstate 25 between Mile Markers 380 and 395.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3594 10485 3612 10470 3609 10440 3582 10462
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 287DEG 16KT 3600 10470

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

77

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 154 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:05 UTC.

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Event by event

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

Hail, Harding

When: June 12, 6:03 PM MST to 6:45 PM MST
Where: Harding County, 6.58 mi WSW of Roy
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.900, -104.300

Hail, Torrance

When: June 12, 7:13 PM MST to 7:27 PM MST
Where: Torrance County, 4.73 mi WSW of Moriarty
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 34.980, -106.130

Quarter size hail alongside thunderstorm wind damage that blew the roof off a barn.

Thunderstorm Wind, Torrance

When: June 12, 7:13 PM MST to 7:20 PM MST
Where: Torrance County, 4.73 mi WSW of Moriarty
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $20,000
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 34.980, -106.130

Thunderstorm wind damage blew off the roof of a barn, alongside quarter size hail. Damage is an estimate.

Thunderstorm Wind, Harding

When: June 12, 7:15 PM MST to 7:24 PM MST
Where: Harding County, 5.66 mi NW of Rosebud
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 35.890, -103.530

A ZiaMet station 7 miles northwest of Rosebud measured a 64 mph wind gust.

Thunderstorm Wind, Colfax

When: June 13, 12:55 PM MST to 12:57 PM MST
Where: Colfax County, (Rtn)raton Crews Airport
Measured: 54 kt (62 mph) measured gust
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 36.740, -104.510

Convective outflow from virga showers produced a 54 mph wind gust.

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

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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: 1331341, 1331344, 1331345, 1331351, 1331352.