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It started with a report of baseball-size hail in far west Fort Worth. Fifteen minutes later, about 7:15 on the evening of May 5, 1995, thousands of revelers at the annual Mayfest family festival ...
Hail is a form of solid precipitation. [1] It is distinct from ice pellets (American English "sleet"), though the two are often confused. [2] It consists of balls or irregular lumps of ice, each of which is called a hailstone. [3] Ice pellets generally fall in cold weather, while hail growth is greatly inhibited during low surface temperatures.
Similar images came out of Texas. A video shot in Dublin, Texas showed massive hail balls splashing into a resident's pool. Just beyond their fence a cow can be seen running for shelter as its ...
Graupel (/ ˈ ɡ r aʊ p əl /; German: [ˈɡʁaʊpl̩] ⓘ), also called soft hail or snow pellets, [1] is precipitation that forms when supercooled water droplets in air are collected and freeze on falling snowflakes, forming 2–5 mm (0.08–0.20 in) balls of crisp, opaque rime. [2] Graupel is distinct from hail and ice pellets in
At one location in southern Parker County, the hail accumulated to a depth of 18 in (460 mm). [3] [5] The first region of hail produced by the storm – encompassing a swath 40 mi (64 km) long – included hail sizes ranging from 2.5–4.5 in (6.5–11.5 cm) and was accompanied by wind gusts topping 55 mph (90 km/h).
In recent days Central Florida has become ground zero to severe storms bringing destructive hail and damaging winds.
Traffic came to a standstill for a time on part of Interstate 70 because of the falling hail, the National Weather Service said on X. Images of large hail chunks and at least one cracked ...
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 ...