HillsboroWx

NWS Observer, Severe Weather Spotter, and CoCoRaHS Site

[HillsboroWx @RussBowen1]

Hail this afternoon about 1PM, drifted 3" deep in protected locations. Largest stone about 1/2 in.

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Hillsboro NM 1pm today @NWSelpaso

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Heavy thunderstorm 12:40-1:20pm Hillsboro, NM
Hail to 1/2 in. diameter. Official NWS gauge: 1.62 inches Main St. / Park downtown Photos courtesy Jason Wittman @NWSelpaso

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Haboob moving in from the east this evening (Pix 1925, 1935,1937, & 2000 hrs) Hillsboro, NM

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First measurable precipitation in 55 days. Heavy thunderstorm with hail. Hail for 17 minutes, 1/8 - 3/8 inch diameter, heavy at times. Total precipitation 0.43 inches.

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TRW+ in Hillsboro 4:10-4:40pm 0.62 inches. @NWSElPaso

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Hillsboro 1.46-1.60 in 6 hrs Hwy 27 mm22 Tierra Blanca Creek crossing 10' / 6" deep, mm23.4 Oak Springs crossing 20' / 8" of sand/rock on roadway, shoulders washed out. NMDOT onscene. @NWSElPaso

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Black Fire 7PM June 12th About 310,000 acres / 3.5 miles west of the Hillsboro Peak Fire Tower.

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@NMSUPolice So proud of you, son! Keep up the good work!

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Black Fire crossing the Continental Divide at 9:30 pm, 05/16/22. Taken on NM 152 just west of Caballo. It has grown to 42100 acres in just 72 hours.

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1.27 in./55 min. 7pm plus 0.47 1am minor flooding in downtown park and rocks covering Hwy. 152. Beautiful shelf cloud proceeding.

[HillsboroWx @RussBowen1]

We were treated to a Space X phenomena in Hillsboro tonight. Beginning about 9:05 and continuing for about 5 minutes, there was a string of satellites passing directly overhead north northwest to south southeast, evenly spaced and probably 15 visible at any one time.

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@NMClimate Dave, dense smoke plume over Hillsboro late afternoon and up to sunset. Distinct wood smoke smell after dark.

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@raphaelclancy @NWSElPaso Watched it all morning in Hillsboro. Traveled from the NE sky to the SW sky in a few hours, then drifted back to the east. Had to be well above the 100mb level to find winds out of the NE.

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Heavy snow and 13 deg in Hillsboro. 3 to 4 inch accumulation in last 2 hours. @NWSElPaso

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Beautiful lenticular display east of Hillsboro this evening! @NWSElPaso

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Sunrise in Hillsboro to a new record low for October 28th of 22 degrees. #NWSElPaso

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5 inches of snow and 20 degrees! What a way to end the drought! @NWSElPaso

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Smokey in Hillsboro and Kingston this evening from the Tadpole fire in Grant County. Photo courtesy Tom Lander, Hillsboro Fire / Rescue.