Hail — Dona Ana, New Mexico

2004-04-03 · near Anthony, Dona Ana, New Mexico

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5390571. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.