Hail in Dona Ana County, New Mexico

Hail April 3, 2004 · Dona Ana County, New Mexico

2 in

Hail diameter

$2.0M

Damage as recorded

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

The wider storm

A supercell thunderstorm formed just north of northeast El Paso and tracked northward across Chaparral and along the east slopes of the Organ Mountains. Along the way it dropped a large amount of golf ball size hail (with a few hailstones reaching hens egg size) on the town of Chaparral, resulting in extensive damage to mobile home skirting, windows and a few roofs. The hail was driven by 60 mph wind gusts. The hail depth was measured at 13 inches, and hailstones were still 1.25 inches in diameter more than 4 hours after the event.

Began near Anthony (32.0667, -106.4167).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5390571. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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