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$572 million. Golfball-, baseball-, and softball-sized hail damaged roofs, cars, patio furniture, skylights, and windows in the area's worst and most widespread hailstorm in 30 years (McHenry, Lake, northern Kane, northern Cook County). Around 100,000 homes lost power. Hail was 3 in (76 mm) deep in many areas.
Here are some of the photos from that day: Giant hailstones at Mayfest in Trinity Park, May 5, 1995. Steam rises from large hail, creating an eerie fog in Trinity Park at Mayfest May 5, 1995.
The hailstorm was at the time the costliest non-tornadic severe thunderstorm in U.S. history. [2] Total economic damage was near $2 billion, [2] eclipsing the $500 million damage toll set by the previous costliest hailstorm. [4] The Insurance Council of Texas assessed that insured losses inflicted by the storm amounted to $1.1 billion. [7]
The derecho was notable for several reasons, as it was the first to hit the New York metropolitan area in several years, and it dropped large, life-threatening hail in areas that normally don't see hail at all. 2018 Southeastern Derecho: June 28, 2018: Formed in central Tennessee, traveled through the entire state of Alabama to the Gulf coast.
Five years ago, Colorado experienced an enormously powerful hailstorm that left the Denver area with over $2 billion in damage. Leading up to the disaster, Denver was coming off record-breaking ...
The worst hailstorm in British history is the 1697 Hertfordshire hailstorm. The longest tracked hailstorm ever documented in the UK was the 22 September 1935 storm which travelled from Newport, Gwent to Mundesley, Norfolk - a total distance of 335 km (208 mi).
As the Gulf Coast storm began to wane, the second storm escalated to a Category 2 hurricane prior to hitting the Charleston, S.C. area on July 14, 1916.
The estimated size of the hail that struck the county was the third largest in Arizona history, and its estimated cost reached $2.7 billion in insured damages, the costliest weather disaster on record in the state. [38] The stalled cold-core low produced heavy rainfall across the broader Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and California region.