Hail — Lea, New Mexico

2025-04-25 · near Lovington, Lea, New Mexico

$50K

Property damage

Magnitude

Event narrative

There are multiple public reports with pictures and videos of shattered windows caused by wind-driven hail approximately the size of a golf balls. The time is estimated from radar. The property damage cost is an estimation.

Wider weather episode

It was another day of severe weather, caused by a broad trough over the western United States with a dryline near the higher elevations of West Texas and Southeast New Mexico. Numerous splitting supercells impacted portions of the Trans Pecos into Southeast New Mexico. Additional overnight and morning thunderstorms also produced localized flash flooding and severe hail.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1244772. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.