Hail — Lea, New Mexico

2025-04-23 · near Jal, Lea, New Mexico

Event narrative

A storm chaser reported golf ball size hail north of Jal. Time is estimated from radar.

Wider weather episode

There was continued broad troughing across the western United States with a dryline across portions of the Permian Basin south across the Davis Mountains. Splitting supercells occurred with severe weather and blowing dust from thunderstorm outflow across portions of Southeast New Mexico and the Stockton Plateau.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1244522. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.