Hail in Harding County, New Mexico

Hail May 16, 2020 · Harding County, New Mexico

1.25 in

Hail diameter

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Half dollar size hail reported near Mills Canyon.

The wider storm

A back door cold front draped over northeast New Mexico served as the focus for shower and thunderstorm development on the evening of May 16, 2020. Isolated showers first developed along the east slopes of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains before pushing east across the Interstate 25 corridor into northeast New Mexico. A couple of these storms became strong to severe with large hail and heavy rainfall. The strongest storms impacted the area around Maxwell and Roy where nickel to half dollar size hail was reported.

Began near Roy (35.9069, -104.3201).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 881527. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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