Bloomfield, NM Hail Storm – June 2025

What Happened

A severe hail storm moved through the Bloomfield, NM area on June 5, 2025, with peak verified hail at 1.75 inches and multiple spotter reports across the broader storm path. The event unfolded from late morning into early evening, with the strongest reports centered in the afternoon.

The first alert came at 11:56 AM MDT with a 1-inch hail call based on warning-area confidence. By 2:47 PM MDT, dual-polarization radar supported 1.5-inch hail. Eight minutes later, at 2:57 PM MDT, radar confidence increased to 1.75-inch hail. Another radar-based alert at 3:59 PM MDT showed 1-inch hail, followed by a 4:05 PM MDT warning-area call for 1.75-inch hail.

Field reports began to match the radar signals in the mid-afternoon. At 3:19 PM MDT, media reports placed ping-pong-ball-sized hail just south of Portales. At 3:35 PM MDT, mPING reported hen egg-sized hail at 2.00 inches. Two minutes later, spotters estimated 1.75-inch hail south of Causey, with the same size repeated in another report from the same area.

Later alerts kept the hail threat active into the evening. A 4:58 PM MDT warning-area alert called for 1-inch hail. At 5:12 PM MDT, a spotter report noted 1-inch hail. Dual-polarization radar then returned 1.75-inch hail at 5:43 PM MDT and 1.25-inch hail at 6:15 PM MDT.

Tornado reports also came in during the same convective cycle. Between 3:34 PM MDT and 4:07 PM MDT, observers reported tornadoes near Rogers, Causey, and Lingo. Those reports marked a broader severe storm complex across eastern New Mexico during the same afternoon.

Damage Assessment

The field reports show a hail swath with repeated large stones south of Causey and near Portales, with spotter estimates reaching 1.75 inches and mPING placing one report at 2.00 inches. That put the strongest impacts into the afternoon core of the storm rather than the earlier warning period.

The report set does not include detailed property loss notes, but the hail size and timing point to roof, gutter, and vehicle exposure across the affected corridor. The repeated 1.75-inch reports from Causey suggest localized pockets of heavier impact along the storm path. The 1.5-inch report near Portales adds another area where exterior surfaces would have taken direct strikes.

The tornado reports near Rogers, Causey, and Lingo show the storm was not limited to hail alone. That broader severe structure matters for field crews because the same storm cluster can leave mixed damage patterns across a wide area, with hail, wind, and tornado-related issues appearing in separate pockets.

No single report defines the full footprint. The combined radar and ground truth show several rounds of hail within the Bloomfield metro’s wider storm environment, with the strongest verified stones reaching 1.75 inches and a higher spotter estimate of 2.00 inches in the same afternoon system.

Bloomfield, NM Hail Storm – June 2025

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