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MindMover

(5,016 posts) Thu Apr 12, 2012, 02:03 PM Apr 2012

4 feet of hail in Texas? Reports, photos cause quite a storm

Sure, everything's bigger in Texas. But 4 feet of hail from one storm? That's what the National Weather Service, the Texas Department of Transportation and a local sheriff say happened Wednesday in an area north of Amarillo when hail piled up in drifts so wide they cut off a major highway.

The National Weather Service office in Amarillo even posted a photo on its Facebook page, but that wasn't enough to convince skeptics.

"Serious do not think this is 100% hail!!!" commented one person.

"It's a lite dusting of hail on some damn rocks," said another person, referring to the image of a firefighter standing next to what could be taken for boulders.

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/12/11160993-4-feet-of-hail-in-texas-reports-photos-cause-quite-a-storm?lite?ocid=twitter

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4 feet of hail in Texas? Reports, photos cause quite a storm (Original Post) MindMover Apr 2012 OP

Rain, floodflooding -- and lots of hail, that fell with the rain, was transported by flashfloods struggle4progress Apr 2012 #1

Happened a couple of weeks ago in the McAllen area too WolverineDG Apr 2012 #2

struggle4progress

(118,379 posts)

1. Rain, floodflooding -- and lots of hail, that fell with the rain, was transported by flashfloods

Reply to MindMover (Original post)

Thu Apr 12, 2012, 02:09 PM

Apr 2012

Seems to be conglomerate formed as ice-water receded from hail transported by the flashfloods

WolverineDG

(22,298 posts)

2. Happened a couple of weeks ago in the McAllen area too

Reply to MindMover (Original post)

Thu Apr 12, 2012, 02:17 PM

Apr 2012

The fire department actually had to rescue people whose cars got stuck in drifts of hail.

People had windows shattered & cars damaged due to all the hail they got.

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