This week’s meeting, hosted by the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, took a multidimensional look at the hail problem, with some 200 specialists on hand ranging from cloud physicists to climate and catastrophe modelers to insurance analysts and roofing experts. hail damage is falling more in line with the last decade of unprecedented losses, said experts at the North American Hail Workshop. What had looked like an overdue, relatively quiet year for U.S. Image credit: Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette via AP. It smashed car windows and likely caused roof damage.Above: The back window of a car is broken in the Broadmoor area of Colorado Springs, CO, after a hailstorm with stones the size of softballs hit the area on Monday, Aug. Three-inch hail, which is equivalent to baseball or apples, was reported in north Fort Worth. North and west of Fort Worth, a strong storm also produced destructive hail. “Many times the storms impact more rural areas in this part of the country, but in this case the largest hail targeted large populated areas like San Antonio, Forth Worth and Oklahoma City, so more property was damaged,” Hennen added. “This could be the second billion-dollar disaster this year in Texas, after the extreme Arctic outbreak back in February.” “The hail damage yesterday could become yet another billion-dollar weather disaster for the US,” said CNN senior meteorologist Dave Hennen. We received reports of hail even larger than that in a few locations! /7Zcuy1t9w7- NWS Austin/San Antonio April 29, 2021 The reds are1+", while the purples are 2+". To give a sense of just how widespread and large the hail was across our area from the Rio Grande to San Marcos, here's an estimate based on radar & satellite data.
The National Weather Service office in Austin/San Antonio said this was a widespread hail event. “The hail was so big and had so much force that it came through the roof in many areas and even sheet rock on interior walls in some areas,” said Gilliam.
Large hailstones shattered the windows of a house in Hondo, Texas, on Wednesday night, as severe weather impacted the area.
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