Hail in El Paso County, Texas

Hail May 8, 2007 · El Paso County, Texas

1.25 in

Hail diameter

$4.0M

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

The third severe thunderstorm of the night dropped a great amount of quarter to half dollar size hail on far east El Paso. Unfortunately several car dealerships are located in this area and experienced damage to new vehicles. Hail sales were advertised for weeks to follow.

The wider storm

An upper low moved in from the west over a moist southeasterly flow, providing the necessary instability and vertical wind shear for severe weather. A number of severe thunderstorms moved across El Paso and Horizon City overnight producing hail up to golf ball size and flash flooding.

Began near El Paso Intl Arpt (31.7284, -106.2958).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 36582. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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