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Hail in Valencia County, New Mexico
Hail October 19, 2015 · Valencia County, New Mexico
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Picture forwarded through local media showing dime to nickel size hail.
The wider storm
An upper level low pressure system that slowly moved southward through California provided deep southerly flow over New Mexico. Subtropical moisture surged northward ahead of this system in several waves over New Mexico. The first wave of moisture and instability moved over the area early on October 19th and created severe thunderstorms from the predawn hours through the late morning. A couple inches of severe hail moved over Socorro and impacted travel along Interstate 25. Storms continued to develop through the morning and impacted areas of Valencia and Chaves counties with mainly nickel to quarter sized hail. Another round of thunderstorms with large hail impacted the region later in the day around Los Alamos, Espanola, and parts of the eastern plains.
Began near Belen (34.6600, -106.7800).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 599596. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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