1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 214 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:53 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
One inch hail was reported along U.S. Highway 90 in the Lobo community. The storm was a severe single cell that formed when upslope southeasterly winds blew into the Van Horn Mountains west of Lobo. Dew point temperatures were near 50 degrees.
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