Hail — Los Alamos, New Mexico

2009-07-30 · near Los Alamos, Los Alamos, New Mexico

Event narrative

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

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 176319. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.