Thu Apr 12, 2012, 03:04 PM
liberal N proud (43,655 posts)
4 feet of hail in Texas?
The National Weather Service's office in Amarillo, Texas, posted this photo Wednesday night of what it said was deep hail 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. <snip> "That was 4 feet of ice" that was compacted by rain and floodwater across a wide area, she added http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/12/11160993-4-feet-of-hail-in-texas-reports-photos-cause-quite-a-storm?lite/
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Author | Time | Post |
 4 feet of hail in Texas? (Original post) |
liberal N proud | Apr 2012 | OP |
| seabeyond | Apr 2012 | #1 | |
| struggle4progress | Apr 2012 | #2 | |
| progressoid | Apr 2012 | #4 | |
| AnneD | Apr 2012 | #3 | |
| unionworks | Apr 2012 | #5 | |
| Bake | Apr 2012 | #12 | |
| unionworks | Apr 2012 | #14 | |
| MicaelS | Apr 2012 | #6 | |
| X_Digger | Apr 2012 | #7 | |
| nadinbrzezinski | Apr 2012 | #8 | |
| Cruzan | Apr 2012 | #9 | |
| Bake | Apr 2012 | #11 | |
| leveymg | Apr 2012 | #10 | |
| slampoet | Apr 2012 | #13 | |
| X_Digger | Apr 2012 | #15 | |
| struggle4progress | Apr 2012 | #17 | |
| Major Nikon | Apr 2012 | #16 |
Response to liberal N proud (Original post)
Thu Apr 12, 2012, 03:07 PM
seabeyond (85,892 posts)
1. this is so funny. i am getting emails and calls. amarillo was "hit".
Response to liberal N proud (Original post)
Thu Apr 12, 2012, 03:09 PM
struggle4progress (71,463 posts)
2. Rain, floodflooding -- and lots of hail, that fell with the rain, was transported by flashfloods
Response to struggle4progress (Reply #2)
Thu Apr 12, 2012, 03:14 PM
progressoid (27,276 posts)
4. Holy crap!
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Response to liberal N proud (Original post)
Thu Apr 12, 2012, 03:12 PM
3. Weather has always been a bit dodgy....
Response to unionworks (Reply #5)
Thu Apr 12, 2012, 05:01 PM
12. The hail you say!
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I think in Texas those two words are pronounced the same ... with three syllables!
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Response to Bake (Reply #12)
Thu Apr 12, 2012, 06:24 PM
14. I worked
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In the steel mill in Pgh. with a real McCoy from W.V. Anytime it was hailing outside whe would tell him and he would exclaim in his wonderful accent "Aw Hail"!
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Response to liberal N proud (Original post)
Thu Apr 12, 2012, 03:21 PM
6. EVERYTHING is deeper in Texas...
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And I say that as a lifelong Texan.
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Response to liberal N proud (Original post)
Thu Apr 12, 2012, 03:23 PM
X_Digger (13,112 posts)
7. We've had 16" on our back fence in the past..
Response to liberal N proud (Original post)
Thu Apr 12, 2012, 03:24 PM
8. NWS should go on the TV machine and use this to educate people
Response to liberal N proud (Original post)
Thu Apr 12, 2012, 04:27 PM
leveymg (26,306 posts)
10. Aren't we about two weeks late for this sort of thing?
Response to liberal N proud (Original post)
Thu Apr 12, 2012, 05:02 PM
13. Is their air really that polluted? Looks like that hail has been sitting in rush hour for a month.
Response to slampoet (Reply #13)
Thu Apr 12, 2012, 06:27 PM
X_Digger (13,112 posts)
15. Or it was carried along by flash flooding (mud, etc). n/t
Response to slampoet (Reply #13)
Thu Apr 12, 2012, 09:55 PM
struggle4progress (71,463 posts)
17. See post #2
Response to liberal N proud (Original post)
Thu Apr 12, 2012, 06:31 PM
Major Nikon (9,644 posts)
16. I saw a hailstorm in El Paso that left a foot of ice on my front porch
