Hail — Union, New Mexico

2024-05-03 · near Clayton, Union, New Mexico

Event narrative

A severe thunderstorm produced penny to quarter sized hail in Clayton.

Wider weather episode

An upper-level disturbance was moved across Colorado along with a backdoor front draped across northeast NM. Higher moisture and upslope flow were in place north and east of the front. Daytime heating in the afternoon, along with lift from upper-level disturbance and backdoor front allowed storms to develop in far northeast New Mexico moving to the northeast with time. Two storms produced quarter size diameter hail in Grenville and Clayton. Storms exited east into the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles during the evening hours.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1165718. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.