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Hail in Otero County, New Mexico

Hail May 28, 2008 · Otero County, New Mexico

2.5 in

Hail diameter

$2.5M

Damage as recorded

$20K

Crop damage

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Hail from quarter to golf ball size, with occasional hail stones the size of tennis balls accumulated to about 3 inches in the Tularosa area. The hail was driven by wind gusts up to 80 mph, and broke windows, damaged roofs and sidings to more than 500 homes in Tularosa.

The wider storm

A high precipitation supercell split over the Holloman AFB area, with the left moving cell tracking northeastward into Tularosa and the right moving cell eastward into Alamogordo. Hail up to tennis ball size (but mostly half dollar size) accumulated to a depth of nearly 3 inches in Tularosa accompanied by a wet microburst with wind gusts estimated at 80 mph. The other cell produced golfball to lime size hail in Alamogordo, though with much less intensity than the Tularosa cell.

Began near Tularosa (33.0708, -106.0263).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 107917. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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