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A post-Christmas severe weather event put more than 10 million people at risk for damaging thunderstorms across part of the south-central United States. The area that was at risk for severe ...
A well-built and well-anchored metal shop building was completely destroyed with the large bolts and plates that anchored the H-beams being snapped and bent. A large 4–5-foot (1.2–1.5 m) section of the foundation was ripped from the ground with debris being scattered about 10 feet (3.0 m), although the column anchoring remained intact.
3.4 mi (5.5 km) 40 yd (37 m) A mobile home was overturned and destroyed, other mobile homes were damaged, and a semi-truck and trailer were thrown into the median of US 69 near the beginning of the path.
An additional 4 to 6 inches or more rain and 1 to 2 feet of mountain snow is likely. The East Montgomery County Fire Department said that Station 154 in New Caney, Texas, "sustained extensive ...
The storms on May 4 also produced scattered hail with sizes generally between 0.25–1 in (6.4–25.4 mm) across the state. [283] Behind one line of storms, the development of a low-pressure area in their wake produced a swath of 50 mph (80 km/h) winds across eastern Iowa and northern Illinois, doing at least $2 million in damage. [ 284 ]
The National Weather Service in Kansas City, Missouri, warned residents to stay inside and stay away from windows because "this storm has a history of producing softball-sized hail (3.5 inches)."
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]
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