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That is the largest hail recorded in southern California. A severe thunderstorm also struck San Bernardino. [2] 3 September 1970 Coffeyville, Kansas, US At the time the largest hailstone ever found in the U.S., measuring 5.7 in (140 mm) diameter, 17.5 in (440 mm) circumference, and 1.67 lb (760 g). 30 July 1979 Fort Collins, Colorado, US
Fastest ever recorded: 484±32 km/h (301±20 mph) (3-second gust); calculated by a DOW (Doppler On Wheels) radar unit in the 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado between Oklahoma City and Moore, Oklahoma, USA, 3 May 1999. Recently, the wind speeds were re-examined and adjusted to a maximum official wind speed of 321 mph (516.6 km/h).
But Wednesday’s storms didn’t bring the biggest hailstones ever recorded in the Kansas City area. That honor goes to a storm in September of 2010, which dropped hail measuring up to 5.5 inches ...
So far, Aspen Springs has recorded 23 inches of snow; Pinecliffe, 18.5; Jamestown, 14.3; Evergreen, 13.5; and Nederland, 12.1. Snowfall is expected to continue Thursday, with rates of 2 to 3 ...
Much of the metro area saw hail ranging from a quarter (about 1 inch in diameter) to a golf ball (about 1 3/4 inches). A few people reported hail the size of limes or medium-sized hen eggs (2 ...
The hailstone measuring 7.75 inches (19.7 cm) in diameter, 15.5 inches (39 cm) in circumference, and weighing 1.1 pounds (0.50 kg) set a new record for the largest hailstone by diameter in the state of Kansas, breaking the old record of 5.7 inches (14 cm) set by a hailstone in Coffeyville, Kansas, on September 3, 1970.
The day after that record was set on May 25, 2000, storms from the same weather system moved into South Carolina, dropping another 4.5-inch hailstone in the town of Florence, causing over $6 ...
[20] [21] The storm was more damaging to the power grid and more severe in terms of wind gusts than Hurricane Ike, which hit the area in September 2008 with 60 mph (97 km/h) sustained winds and 80 mph (130 km/h) gusts after slightly re-intensifying over Indiana, making it both the largest power outage and the largest power outage not related to ...