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Heavy Rain in Grant County, New Mexico
Heavy Rain November 4, 2016 · Grant County, New Mexico
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
A 3 hour rainfall total of 4.50 inches was reported in Bayard.
The wider storm
A broad area of high pressure was located through the central part of the country with easterly winds tapping low level moisture from the Gulf of Mexico. Upper level moisture was tapped from an upper low moving out of the Baja region. These two features combined to create unusually high amounts of moisture in the atmosphere for early November and resulted in some localized rainfall amounts over 4 inches in Grant County which resulted in flash flooding. A few severe storms were also able to develop in the afternoon and evening which produced hail up to 2 inches in diameter.
Began near Vanadium (32.7606, -108.1335).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 666442. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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