By Marty Mayfield
KRTN Multi-Media
It was a welcome site to Raton as the rain began about 3:20 Monday afternoon, soon after however pea to marble size hail began to pummel the area and piled up to just over an inch on the yards and streets of Raton.
In north Raton however the drainage down Moulton filled the low lying area at Canyon Drive and Moulton as the storm drains filled to over capacity. The water filled the area over the curb before city crews could get the heavy equipment in to push the excess water and hail off the street.
The hour and a half rain and hail event left Raton with 1.40″ in Downtown Raton and KRTN with 1.12″ more rain was expected in the Raton area during the evening. Downtown received another .21″ Monday evening. Raton has received about 2.00″ in the downtown area over the last three days.
