Hail — Hudspeth, Texas

2016-11-04 · near Cornudas, Hudspeth, Texas

Event narrative

Hail reported at the Cornudas Cafe. Hail fell for 10 minutes.

Wider weather episode

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 sufficient shear for severe thunderstorms over El Paso county with up to golf ball sized hail and hundreds of millions of dollars in damage across eastern El Paso County. Severe hail was also reported in Hudspeth County.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 666455. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.