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The 2010 Western Australian storms, also known as the "Storm of the Decade" were a series of storms that travelled over southwestern Western Australia on 21 and 22 March 2010. One of the more intense storm cells passed directly over the capital city of Perth between 3:30 pm and 5:00 pm on Monday 22 March 2010.
Flash flooding in Perth, 2010. On 22 March 2010, a hail storm struck Perth with golf ball sized hail, gale-force winds up to 120 kilometres per hour (75 mph), and 40 millimetres (1.6 in) of rain. Frequent lightning strikes bought 120,000 homes without power with mudslides wrecking several homes.
The storms produced hail about the size of softballs. [8] [9] [10] 24 July 1996 Calgary, Alberta, and Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Orange-sized hailstones caused almost $300 million worth of damage in Calgary and Winnipeg, as well as serious flooding. Notably, one-third of cars damaged by the storm were irreparable. [11] 29 March 2000
The study's figures show that the 30 years between 2041 and 2070 would produce fewer hail days and smaller hailstones compared to the 1971-2000 period for states on the East Coast of the United ...
Hailstones the size of tennis balls fell around the metro Wednesday, ... That honor goes to a storm in September of 2010, which dropped hail measuring up to 5.5 inches in northern Jackson County.
The 2009–10 Australian region cyclone season was a below average tropical cyclone season, with eight tropical cyclones forming compared to an average of 12. The season began on 1 November 2009 and ran through until it end on 30 April 2010.
The heaviest hail stone on record in the United States had a reported diameter of 11 inches (27.94 centimeters) and weighed nearly 2 pounds (907 grams). It was discovered near Vivian, South Dakota ...
That same month, on March 22, 2010 a supercell hit Perth. This storm was one of the worst in the city's history, causing hail stones of 6 centimetres (2.4 in) in size and torrential rain. The city had its average March rainfall in just seven minutes during the storm. Hail stones caused severe property damage, from dented cars to smashed windows ...