ABC-7 First Alert – Storms hit Las Cruces and El Paso Wednesday night. More possible Thursday.

Storms pounded the area Wednesday night. Las Cruces had heavy rain along with pea sized hail. Rainfall amounts were just over 1" in many areas in and around Las Cruces. The storms send outflow gusty winds toward El Paso and initiated additional storms with locally heavy rain and added small hail.

The chance for storms will likely develop in spots again later Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

By early next week temperatures will soar to our first triple digit highs of the year - expect 100 to 103 - no new records anticipated.