For a third day in a row, and potentially the most widespread, severe weather impacted eastern New Mexico on May 23, 2018 as a strong dry line shifted east across the high plains. Showers and thunderstorms fired up just east of the central mountain chain by the mid to late afternoon hours then moved eastward on to the high plains through the early evening. A very impressive supercell storm over far southwestern Chaves County produced two tornadoes and large hail. Other storms in the area also produced severe hail and funnel clouds before merging into a large cluster of strong storms near Roswell. Another very impressive, long duration supercell storm over western San Miguel County produced torrential rainfall, flooding, high winds, and very large hail near Tecolotito and Anton Chico. Several other storms across the eastern plains were strong to severe with heavy rain, hail, and high winds.

Hail in SAN MIGUEL, NEW MEXICO
From 23-MAY-18 14:30:00 to 23-MAY-18 14:43:00 (MST-7)
Location: TECOLOTITO
Magnitude: 2.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Social Media

Hail up to two inches in diameter in Tecolotito.

Hail in QUAY, NEW MEXICO
From 23-MAY-18 14:30:00 to 23-MAY-18 14:34:00 (MST-7)
Location: LOGAN
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Storm Chaser

Hail up to the size of golf balls reported seven miles northeast of Logan.

Hail in HARDING, NEW MEXICO
From 23-MAY-18 14:34:00 to 23-MAY-18 14:40:00 (MST-7)
Location: ROSEBUD
Magnitude: 1.50 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Ping pong ball size hail five miles north of Logan.

Hail in ROOSEVELT, NEW MEXICO
From 23-MAY-18 17:35:00 to 23-MAY-18 17:38:00 (MST-7)
Location: PORTALES ARPT
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Hail up to the size of golf balls near the Portales airport.

Hail in ROOSEVELT, NEW MEXICO
From 23-MAY-18 17:39:00 to 23-MAY-18 17:41:00 (MST-7)
Location: PORTALES
Magnitude: 0.88 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Nickel size hail in Portales.

Hail in QUAY, NEW MEXICO
From 23-MAY-18 18:34:00 to 23-MAY-18 18:36:00 (MST-7)
Location: NARA VISA
Magnitude: 0.75 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Penny size hail in Nara Visa.

Hail in CHAVES, NEW MEXICO
From 23-MAY-18 14:55:00 to 23-MAY-18 15:05:00 (MST-7)
Location: ROSWELL
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Storm Chaser

Hail up to the size of golf balls 10 miles west of Roswell.

Hail in SAN MIGUEL, NEW MEXICO
From 23-MAY-18 15:55:00 to 23-MAY-18 16:05:00 (MST-7)
Location: TECOLOTITO
Magnitude: 3.00 
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Hail up to three inches in diameter reported in Tecolotito. Some damage was reported in town.

Hail in MORA, NEW MEXICO
From 23-MAY-18 15:10:00 to 23-MAY-18 15:16:00 (MST-7)
Location: MORA
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Social Media

Hail up to the size of golf balls two miles east of Mora.

Hail in QUAY, NEW MEXICO
From 23-MAY-18 18:35:00 to 23-MAY-18 18:37:00 (MST-7)
Location: NARA VISA
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Hail up to the size of quarters in Nara Visa.

Hail in HARDING, NEW MEXICO
From 23-MAY-18 20:00:00 to 23-MAY-18 20:10:00 (MST-7)
Location: MOSQUERO
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: CoCoRaHS

Hail up to the size of quarters near Mosquero.

Tornado in LINCOLN, NEW MEXICO
From 23-MAY-18 13:10:00 to 23-MAY-18 13:25:00 (MST-7)
Location: TINNIE
Tornado F-scale: EFU
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Storm Chaser

Storm chasers spotted a large wedge tornado on the ground for 15 to 20 minutes southwest of Picacho over rural southeastern Lincoln County. There is no access to this location and the strength of the tornado has been identified as unknown.

Hail in UNION, NEW MEXICO
From 23-MAY-18 15:20:00 to 23-MAY-18 15:21:00 (MST-7)
Location: SEDAN
Magnitude: 0.88 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

A very quick storm produced hail up to the size of nickels for less than one minute.

Flash Flood in SAN MIGUEL, NEW MEXICO
From 23-MAY-18 15:30:00 to 23-MAY-18 17:30:00 (MST-7)
Location: TECOLOTITO
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Storm Chaser

Flash flooding across U.S. Highway 84 north of Dilia.

Hail in CHAVES, NEW MEXICO
From 23-MAY-18 16:28:00 to 23-MAY-18 16:30:00 (MST-7)
Location: BOAZ
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Quarter size hail 16 miles east of Elkins.

Tornado in LINCOLN, NEW MEXICO
From 23-MAY-18 14:06:00 to 23-MAY-18 14:20:00 (MST-7)
Location: PICACHO
Tornado F-scale: EF0
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Storm Chaser

A second thunderstorm southwest of Picacho produced what another tornado within rural southeastern Lincoln County.

Funnel Cloud in SAN MIGUEL, NEW MEXICO
From 23-MAY-18 19:00:00 to 23-MAY-18 19:15:00 (MST-7)
Location: VARIADERO
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Storm Chaser

A cone funnel was spotted north of Santa Rosa Lake State Park for about 15 minutes.

Funnel Cloud in LINCOLN, NEW MEXICO
From 23-MAY-18 13:00:00 to 23-MAY-18 13:03:00 (MST-7)
Location: PICACHO
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

A funnel cloud was reported reaching half way to the ground four miles southwest of Picacho.

Hail in SAN MIGUEL, NEW MEXICO
From 23-MAY-18 16:23:00 to 23-MAY-18 16:30:00 (MST-7)
Location: TECOLOTITO
Magnitude: 1.50 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Storm Chaser

Hail up to the size of ping pong balls near Tecolotito.

Hail in SAN MIGUEL, NEW MEXICO
From 23-MAY-18 17:10:00 to 23-MAY-18 17:16:00 (MST-7)
Location: TECOLOTITO
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Employee

Hail up to the size of quarters covering U.S. Highway 84 to a depth of one to two inches.

Hail in SAN MIGUEL, NEW MEXICO
From 23-MAY-18 17:16:00 to 23-MAY-18 17:19:00 (MST-7)
Location: TECOLOTITO
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Employee

Dime to nickel size hail with a few as large as quarters along U.S. Highway 84.