Hail — Luna, New Mexico

2016-05-18 · near Columbus, Luna, New Mexico

Wider weather episode

An upper low was located near the four corners region with a back door cold front dropping down from the northeast. A 90 knot jet streak from the southwest was over the borderland and surface winds were out of the northeast providing ample shear for severe thunderstorms to develop.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 633760. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.