Hail — Quay, New Mexico

2023-06-12 · near Nara Visa, Quay, New Mexico

Event narrative

Report from mPING of hen egg size hail as supercell moves east through northern Quay County.

Wider weather episode

A backdoor front brought moist easterly upslope flow into northeastern NM on June 11th and June 12th. Discrete supercells fired up along the east slopes of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains during the early afternoon hours of June 11th dropping large to destructive hail as they translated east towards the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles. More storms developed off the east slopes of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains around sunset dropping more large to destructive hail across the region during the overnight hours into Monday morning. Storms eventually trained over the same areas resulting in major flash flooding over Colfax, Union, Mora and Harding Counties. More discrete supercells fired up midday June 12th tracking east before exiting into the Texas Panhandle around sunset.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1093902. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.