Another record hail event for 2010?!
Last evening an extremely
severe hail storm slammed the Wichita, KS area, with some locales receiving stones the size oftennis balls and larger for 15-20 minutes!!!! Not surprisingly, this caused considerable damage, and actually
came completely through the roof at the Wichita airport! Also,another hail stone record appears to have fallen, the first of the year being back on July 23 in South Dakota, when Chad Cowan shot this
Obscene storm structure from South Dakota!incredible video of the storm! The NWS, Wichita:
"WE HAVE RECEIVED PICTURES OF A HAIL STONE THAT OCCURRED IN
WEST WICHITA...ABOUT 2 MILES WEST OF WICHITA MID-CONTINENT AIRPORT. A TEAM OF METEOROLOGISTS VISITED THIS SITE TODAY. PRELIMINARY DATA SUGGESTS A RECORD HAIL STONE OCCURRED IN DIAMETER. THE SIZE OF THIS STONE WAS MEASURE AS 7.75 INCHES IN DIAMETER...15.5 INCHES IN CIRCUMFERENCE...AND WEIGHED 1.1 POUNDS. THE LATTER TWO MEASUREMENTS...THE CIRCUMFERENCE AND WEIGHT...WERE TAKEN ABOUT 15 HOURS AFTER FALLING...WHICH REDUCED THE SIZE.THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OR STONES LARGER...WHICH CAN BE SEEN ON VIDEO...BUT WERE NOT RETRIEVED. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES TO INVESTIGATE."
Click
here for more on this insane hail event!In addition to the epic hail, there were also a number of tornadoes around Wichita and points south and east. We'll also be posting video of the tornadoes from the eastern storm shot by Mike Scantlin later this evening!
Finally, the long-range
GFS has been suggesting a major pattern shift, one that would be far more likely to result in future hurricanes threatening the U.S. coastline. This is still a very long way out, but the latest runs have been bringing a major hurricane into the Gulf of Mexico around the end of the month/beginning of October - definitely something worth monitoring!
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