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Hail in Los Alamos County, New Mexico
Hail July 2, 2024 · Los Alamos County, New Mexico
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
A trained spotter in Los Alamos reported nickel size hail from a thunderstorm.
The wider storm
An upper level disturbance moving across the Great Basin and Central Rockies combined with record levels of monsoon moisture resulted in the development of widespread showers and storms across northern and central NM each and every afternoon from July 1st through July 3rd. These thunderstorms produced high wind gusts of 59 and 68 mph at the Belen Regional Airport and the Mine mesonet station on the White Sands Missile Range respectively on July 1st. There was a 59 mph wind gust at the Raton Crews Airport on July 3rd. Drier air moved in from the northwest on the backside of the disturbance on July 4th.
Began near (lam)los Alamos Airport (35.8700, -106.2600).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1179701. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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