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Images from October 4-5, 2004 
Socorro, Socorro County, NM
Hail between 2-3 inches in diameter devastated parts of Socorro and the New Mexico Tech campus between 2:10-2:25 pm MDT on Oct. 5, 2004. Extensive damage to a home and patio near the  NMT campus

 

 Looking southwest minutes after the severe storm struck the NMT campus in the heart of Socorro

 

 Shattered skylights on a building of the Mineral Science and Engineering Complex,  NMT campus

 

 Extensive damage to this Saturn auto. Note the pierced fender wall.

photos above courtesy of Fred Phillips, NMT [http://www.ees.nmt.edu/Hail2004Oct05/phillips.html]
 
(photo courtesy of Karl Hasse)
Hail divots on NMT Golf Course 
(photo courtesy of Kyle Crockett)
Hail damage on NMT campus
(photo courtesy of Fred Phillips)
Roof damage on NMT campus
(photo courtesy of Karl Hasse)

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 As of October 16, damages in Socorro  were estimated at 9 million dollars. Source: El Defensor Chieftain. [http://www.nmt.edu/hail/]

Along I-25 in Socorro, Socorro County, NM
Looking southwest along I-25 in Socorro at ~230 pm MDT just after the severe storm hit Southbound on I-25 in Socorro at ~2:30 pm. Hail estimated to be 6 inches deep on I-25 in this photo
(photos above courtesy of Dale Rugge)

 

Bernalillo County, NM
(photo courtesy of Morris Webb, Jr.)
(photo courtesy of Morris Webb, Jr.)
A series of severe thunderstorms struck  the ABQ  Metro Area between 1000 p.m.-130 a.m.  on the 4th/5th and again in  the afternoon of the 5th.  One of the more damaging storms hit NW Albuquerque and Rio Rancho at 12:30 am on the 5th.  Paradise Hills (photo above) was especially hard hit with up to 1 foot of hail accumulation. The largest hailstone in this photo was ~ 1.75 inches.  Hail from a severe storm that hit the northeast heights of Albuquerque (3 blocks SSW of the intersection of Moon and Montgomery NE)  around 11pm  on the 4th.   Supercell thunderstorm over Albuquerque's North Valley (storm #6 in this loop).  Photo above was taken at ~1:30 pm on the 5th from a location in the Far NE Heights of  Albuquerque looking west-northwest toward the Rio Grande. The developing wall cloud dissipated soon after these pictures were taken. This particular storm produced dime to penny size hail that covered roads with several inches of hail including the intersection of I-25 and Tramway Blvd.
     

Chaves County, NM
Looking north at supercell #1. Photo was taken when the severe storm was ~5 miles ENE of Roswell. Although the low-hanging, tapered cloud feature above looks like a tornado it was actually  a tail cloud that formed within the inflow region of this supercell thunderstorm.  Supercell #2 near Hagerman or 15S of Roswell. Photo shows the well-developed mesocyclone (right center).

Golfball size hail associated with supercell #2.

 Developing wall cloud associated with supercell #2.
(photos above courtesy of Steven Johnson)

 

And last but not least...snow in northern NM
 
(photo courtesy of Memphis Barbree)
 
(photo courtesy of Memphis Barbree)
 
(photo courtesy of TSV web cam)
Snow in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains near Santa Fe just after dawn on the 5th. Lightning northwest of Santa Fe at dawn on the 5th. Taos Ski Valley on the morning of the 5th. Around 4 inches of snow accumulated at ~9200 feet. TSV received its first official snow of the season in late September. 

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