Hail in Los Alamos County, New Mexico

Hail July 30, 2009 · Los Alamos County, New Mexico

0.88 in

Hail diameter

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The security team at Los Alamos National Laboratory reported penny to nickel sized hail.

The wider storm

A subtle shortwave in northwest flow aloft helped to spark thunderstorms across western New Mexico. As storms moved east into better moisture, they became severe and produced large hail and damaging winds. Areas in and southeast of Roswell were the hardest hit and sustained significant damage from the powerful straight line winds. The Roswell Industrial Airport was on the southwest edge of the strongest winds.

Began near Los Alamos (35.8900, -106.3100).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 176319. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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