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At least one person was rescued from the Los Angeles River as a fast-moving storm rolled through Southern California on Sunday, delivering pounding hail, rain and thunder to the region.
Over 20,000 People were evacuated from West Edmonton Mall when the weight from the hail and rain caused the glass roofs to shatter. [16] 20–21 April 2006 San Marcos, Texas, US Hail of sizes up to 10 cm (3.9 in) [17] [18] results in 10,000 auto claims, 7,000 homeowner and commercial property claims ranging between $100–160 million insured ...
Tennis ball-sized hail pummeled parts of Florida and Texas on Wednesday in a rare weather event for the regions.. More than 60 hail reports were issued across the South on Wednesday, including ...
In Canada, a severe thunderstorm is defined as having wind gusts of greater than 90 km/h (56 mph), hail with a diameter of greater than two centimetres (0.79 in), rainfall rates of greater than 50 millimetres (2.0 in) in one hour or greater than 75 millimetres (3.0 in) in three hours, or tornadoes. [14]
[35] [36] The squall line typically contains heavy precipitation, hail, frequent lightning, strong straight line winds, and possibly tornadoes or waterspouts. [37] Severe weather in the form of strong straight-line winds can be expected in areas where the squall line forms a bow echo , in the farthest portion of the bow. [ 38 ]
Scattered severe thunderstorms are expected late Monday afternoon into the evening hours. This threat will be greatest north of I-20, but isolated severe storms could develop anywhere in North Texas.
The multiple reflections of the radar beam causing the hail spike. Generally known as hail spikes, these are the result of energy from the radar hitting hail, very heavy rain, or in extreme cases, debris being lofted by a tornado, and being reflected to the ground, where they reflect back to the hail and then to the radar as in the image on the left. [1]
Keep that rain gear handy as a cluster of thunderstorms is approaching the Kansas City area, bringing heavy rains, gusty winds and small hail, according to the National Weather Service.. The ...