Santa Rosa, NM is experiencing a "white" 4th of July - 2 ft of hail

[ehrnst]

Nearly two feet of hail fell in the city Wednesday, some of which was golf-ball-sized, according to a report from the Albuquerque Journal. The hail damaged some roofs and skylights.




http://www.koat.com/news/new-mexico/albuquerque/2-feet-of-hail-blankets-santa-rosa/-/9153728/20840166/-/wjo2rgz/-/index.html

[itsrobert]

1. Wow

People can't get to the Dollar General.

[kentuck]

2. Is that in the desert?

Strange.

[DreamGypsy]

3. Elevation 4,616 ft (1,407 m) (nt)

[freshwest]

13. Looks like high desert country, like Alamogordo.

[newfie11]

4. Omg poor Santa Rosa

[Mr. David]

5. Santa Rosa is a few miles north of Santa Fe, right?

Just trying to remember where it is..

It's quite unusual.. but considering Santa Fe's altitude, I'm not surprised...

[newfie11]

8. I've been gone a long time from NM

But thought Santa Rosa was east of Albuquerque if you take 66 ( now 40 I think).

[freshwest]

11. How far from Alamogordo?

[newfie11]

14. I know only that Alamogordo is south of Albuquerque

[freshwest]

19. Yes, I have family in both places. The elevation of the place in the OP is similiar to Alamogordo.

Been through many places in N.M. several times. The name in the OP doesn't ring a bell, not for me, anyway. I hope the weather is good for our N.M. DUers. It was in the low 90s in Alamogordo yesterday. Thanks for for the info.

[abq e streeter]

18. Santa Rosa is about 110 miles pretty much due east of Albq.

Santa Fe is 60 miles NE of us. saw this pic earlier today.Incredible. Not exactly desert there, but more like very dry (although apparently not yesterday,lol), high plains. maybe a combo of desert and high plains depending on your definition of each. Santa Fe is 7,000 feet, Santa Rosa,as has been pointed out is about 4600. Alamogordo is a couple hundred miles South/SE of here and almost as far from there (NE) to Santa Rosa.
http://www.distancebetweencities.net/alamogordo_nm_and_santa-rosa_nm/route

[newfie11]

32. +1

[Brother Buzz]

6. Pfft, Mexico City experienced six feet of hail

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=410322

[freshwest]

12. There appears to be a lack of consensus on that thread about the amount.

[Brother Buzz]

15. I believe you are correct, even the OP's stated amounts were variable

[freshwest]

17. Unfortunately, that's been deleted, so I have no way to tell.

It might have been easier for the OP writer to edit with a link or amount, I guess. I'm thinking it was part of major storm front passing through, and hope this town in N.M. is not affected by fire from lightning strikes. I haven't been down there in a few years but they do have some very rough weather.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

20. Such a dry understatement really makes me smile!

"There appears to be a lack of consensus on that thread about the amount."

Such a dry understatement really makes me smile!

[freshwest]

22. Smiling is good. Happy 4th of July! Very, very quiet around my neighborhood.

[timdog44]

24. Here is a link.

http://amarillo.com/blog-post/ricky-treon/2013-07 -03/report-eastern-nm-town-gets-two-feet-hail

My wife use to be a nurse in Albuquerque, and is familiar with the area. Also have relatives in Los Alamos.

[freshwest]

26. Hello, good to see you! Thanks for the link!

[timdog44]

35. Thanks.

Hiding a little, but not gone.

[freshwest]

38. Not hiding, but I don't expect much now. Koch talking points don't make for good discussions.

[Downwinder]

7. Santa Rosa can always use water.

In solid or liquid form.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

9. Guess it's Christmas in July.

[DirkGently]

10. Holy crap. n/t

[BumRushDaShow]

16. Saw that on The Weather Channel webpage

and was thinking it was something archived from winter.

[bluedigger]

21. Halfway from Albuquerque to Tucumcari...

Darn it! I had reservations at the Sun 'n Sand Motel, too!

[freshwest]

30. Haven't been to Tucumcari over twenty years. Really quiet then.

[East Coast Pirate]

23. That's a lot of hail.

[u4ic]

25. Does this happen there occasionally?

In Calgary, it happens every few years, a massive hailstorm in the summer that brings out the snowplows.

[pamela]

27. We're driving through Santa Rosa tomorrow on our way to Tucumcari.

We spent a week there earlier this month. Nice little route 66 town. The railroad scene in Grapes of Wrath was filmed there. We're about 100 miles northwest of Santa Rosa and got a little bit of hail yesterday but, thankfully, not that much. We're in a motorhome and that amount of hail would have probably destroyed it.

[abq e streeter]

28. Self delete, just realized you'd already spent some time there

And was gonna recommend stopping to check out the Blue Hole, but I assume you did.
And I guess it's not really a self delete either. Anyway, welcome to NM

[pamela]

29. Yes, we did! It was beautiful.

We actually tried to find it once before on a cross-country trip and couldn't find it so we made sure to see it this time. We didn't look very hard that first time because we were just passing through.

We were just in your area for about a week. We stayed in Tijeras. I love the Turquoise Trail. We didn't spend much time in ABQ though because we're coming back this fall and will be spending more time in that area. I did get to meet a really cool ABQ duer though and that was awesome!

[freshwest]

31. Oh, yes. The damage would have been severe. Enjoy your trip, hope the weather is clear.

[morningfog]

33. I never realized hail could accumulate like that. I've seen a thin blanketing, but wow.

[hunter]

34. I spun off the highway near there once...

... California kid, unaccustomed to monster thunderstorms, driving along at 70mph and all the sudden there's this wall of rain and hail falling out of the sky and we're spinning around. I think we did a three-and-a-half, one complete turn documented by the trenches our tires dug in the grass. We ended up about twenty yards off the highway facing the wrong way. Fortunately we didn't hit anything but one highway marker and the grass. I still feel bad, like I owe money to New Mexico for that highway marker, even though we've long paid the state back in other ways.

I think we ate at the Santa Rosa Pizza Hut while the only garage open replaced the tire that had been ripped off our wheel. They charged us some absurdly low amount for the labor, like $5.00, but then $75 for a used tire. I did not care at that point. The tow truck driver had already demanded $40 which was a lot of money to us then.

Still, the storm was nothing compared to this picture...



I really didn't learn to respect these storms until I lived a few years in the midwest.

[gristy]

36. 2 feet

That's pretty funny. Whatever koat can do to get people to click on their link, I guess. They certainly got me to.
Journalism at its best.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

37. yeah... drifts of two feet maybe

But the other photos at the link suggest the real amount was a few inches...

sP