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Hail in Sandoval County, New Mexico
Hail May 11, 2024 · Sandoval County, New Mexico
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
A severe thunderstorm produced nickel to quarter size hail in Jemez Pueblo.
The wider storm
An upper low over the Great Basin progressed east towards Colorado during the day Saturday. At the surface, a backdoor front pushed as far west as the Continental Divide with higher surface moisture across the Upper and Middle Rio Grande Valley and eastern New Mexico east of the front. Lift ahead of the upper low, interacting with the higher moisture along with high vertical wind shear resulted in the development of severe storms across central New Mexico with one storm spawning a tornado in the Jemez Mountains northeast of Battleship Rock. Storms then moved east into the highlands and plains of eastern New Mexico during the evening hours where they produced quarter to golf ball size hail. A storm that produced golf ball sized hail in southern Chaves County also caused some flash flooding along State Highway 13 and on the normally dry Rio Felix. Storms exited east into Texas by midnight.
Key Words: Tornado, Hail, Flash Flood, Thunderstorm Wind Gust.
Began near Jemez Pueblo (35.6200, -106.7200).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1166902. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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