Friday 5 July 2013

Mid-summer in New Mexico

Over a Foot of Hail Swamps New Mexico Town





4 July, 2013

A lone thunderstorm dumped over a foot of hail in the town of Santa Rosa, N.M. Wednesday evening, leaving a surreal sight the day before the Fourth of July.


Photos from the Santa Rosa Fire Department showed snow plows clearing city streets clogged with accumulated hail drifts.


According to the National Weather Service in Albuquerque, hail up to golfball size pelted the city around 6:00 p.m. MDT.


Skylights were damaged and a roof was partially collapsed in the city of approximately 2,800 residents, about 105 miles east of Albuquerque, according to a report from the Albuquerque Journal.



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