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Title: Storm dumps TWO to FOUR FEET of hail near Dumas,TX
Post by: Sundowner on April 12, 2012, 07:13:43 PM
Two to Four feet of hail.

 :eek:

Video included at the link.

http://www.kvue.com/news/state/147145425.html

Regards,
Sun


An unusual spring storm in the Texas Panhandle Wednesday afternoon dumped two to four feet of hail near Dumas.

Trucks were reported sliding off the road on Highway 287 as a result of the unexpected weather phenomenon. Snow plows were being used to clear the roads.

Some vehicles were trapped in the drifts of hailstones.

Chief Meteorologist Pete Delkus said a tornado watch was in effect for the Panhandle region through 10 p.m. Wednesday, and the storms were moving very slowly between Pampa and Dumas north of Amarillo and to the east of Dalhart.

Melting hail and heavy rain triggered flash flooding in the Panhandle.



Title: Re: Storm dumps TWO to FOUR FEET of hail near Dumas,TX
Post by: RTHolmes on April 12, 2012, 07:17:31 PM
when clouds attack! :eek:
Title: Re: Storm dumps TWO to FOUR FEET of hail near Dumas,TX
Post by: F22RaptorDude on April 12, 2012, 07:41:19 PM
 :O Whoa! What the heck is up with the weather, this ain't natural
Title: Re: Storm dumps TWO to FOUR FEET of hail near Dumas,TX
Post by: Pigslilspaz on April 12, 2012, 09:14:37 PM
:O Whoa! What the heck is up with the weather, this ain't natural
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Title: Re: Storm dumps TWO to FOUR FEET of hail near Dumas,TX
Post by: Tupac on April 12, 2012, 09:15:35 PM
North Texas has had a very strange year for storms already.
Title: Re: Storm dumps TWO to FOUR FEET of hail near Dumas,TX
Post by: F22RaptorDude on April 12, 2012, 10:03:50 PM
(http://cache.ohinternet.com/images/2/24/I_see_what_you_did_there_super.jpg)
:rofl


North Texas has had a very strange year for storms already.
Georgia had a cold front roll in 2 days ago, temps dropped to the low 60's and the upper 30's at night, freaky...
Title: Re: Storm dumps TWO to FOUR FEET of hail near Dumas,TX
Post by: rpm on April 13, 2012, 04:39:14 PM
We had a freak hailstorm like that in the late '80's. We only got about a foot, but it sounded like a warzone for 20 minutes. :O
Title: Re: Storm dumps TWO to FOUR FEET of hail near Dumas,TX
Post by: ghi on April 13, 2012, 07:11:13 PM
looks like tomorrow could be worst in central Plains;
from NOAA;
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day2otlk.html

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Title: Re: Storm dumps TWO to FOUR FEET of hail near Dumas,TX
Post by: Slash27 on April 13, 2012, 09:38:28 PM
Tomorrow will be nuts Ghi.
Title: Re: Storm dumps TWO to FOUR FEET of hail near Dumas,TX
Post by: MachFly on April 13, 2012, 09:52:07 PM
We had hail in Arizona yesterday...
Title: Re: Storm dumps TWO to FOUR FEET of hail near Dumas,TX
Post by: F22RaptorDude on April 13, 2012, 10:35:29 PM
We had hail in Arizona yesterday...
:huh I didn't even know it could hail in Arizona....
Title: Re: Storm dumps TWO to FOUR FEET of hail near Dumas,TX
Post by: MachFly on April 13, 2012, 11:52:14 PM
:huh I didn't even know it could hail in Arizona....

It can in the Northern part as were up in the mountains. But it's still extremely rare and not normal.
Title: Re: Storm dumps TWO to FOUR FEET of hail near Dumas,TX
Post by: Shifty on April 14, 2012, 12:03:31 AM
:huh I didn't even know it could hail in Arizona....

The only White Christmas I ever had in the United States was in Tucson Az while I was stationed there in the 80s.
Sooner or later the weather will do something rare in any area. It's not the end of the world.

Just don't tell this guy that.
(http://www.frogflicks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/apocalypto_4.jpg)
Title: Re: Storm dumps TWO to FOUR FEET of hail near Dumas,TX
Post by: F22RaptorDude on April 14, 2012, 12:05:28 AM
The only White Christmas I ever had in the United States was in Tucson Az while I was stationed there in the 80s.
Sooner or later the weather will do something rare in any area. It's not the end of the world.

Just don't tell this guy that.
(http://www.frogflicks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/apocalypto_4.jpg)
Is that from a movie, my god thats brutal!


but I'm sure this is starting to freak people out, those 2012 believers must be terrified....
Title: Re: Storm dumps TWO to FOUR FEET of hail near Dumas,TX
Post by: WWhiskey on April 14, 2012, 04:13:58 AM
The hail storm was about 20 miles north of my house, I drove up there and took some pictures I can post later if you like
Now to clear up a few myths, it only hailed about 4 inches along with around 6 inches of rain which caused a lot of runoff that gathered the 4 inches of hail and washed it down stream and into the drainage gates under the highway , blocking them and making for a lot of water over the road, the 4 foot tall hail drifts are from the banks of the creeks and one from the short plane down stream from the grates, 
While it is amazing to see 4 inches of hail, 4 feet of hail didn't fall, it simply collected, it has happened here many times, just not on a major highway to often,, this is only the second time I've seen it across a highway ,the first time was by Stratford Texas  back in the early 90s when a similar storm happened over an ancient plia lake that highway 54 ran thru, as well as a railroad ,,  the road was closed for most of the summer while the lake was pumped out, the hail from that storm was 4 to 6 feet deep in the ditches of the highway about a 1/4 mile from the lake and didn't melt for a month   That storm produced 10 inches of rain and about 8 inches of hail!
Title: Re: Storm dumps TWO to FOUR FEET of hail near Dumas,TX
Post by: Slash27 on April 14, 2012, 11:54:27 AM


but I'm sure this is starting to freak people out, those 2012 believers must be terrified....
It's just spring in Tornado Alley.
Title: Re: Storm dumps TWO to FOUR FEET of hail near Dumas,TX
Post by: F22RaptorDude on April 14, 2012, 01:29:33 PM
Reading the news... I feel bad for tornado ally, its going to get bad
Title: Re: Storm dumps TWO to FOUR FEET of hail near Dumas,TX
Post by: ghi on April 14, 2012, 03:13:03 PM
Tomorrow will be nuts Ghi.
I'm watching the nuts storm chasers live streaming on Discovery(link below);they have 2 dozens of cars in the area; i hope won't cause any damage , this is fun and interesting to see live ;

http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/storm-chasers/live-tracker/live-tracker.html
Title: Re: Storm dumps TWO to FOUR FEET of hail near Dumas,TX
Post by: Slash27 on April 14, 2012, 03:28:58 PM
I'm watching the nuts storm chasers live streaming on Discovery(link below);they have 2 dozens of cars in the area; i hope won't cause any damage , this is fun and interesting to see live ;

http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/storm-chasers/live-tracker/live-tracker.html
Tornado videos dot net has a live streaming page too. Might be the same one. I'm headed out towards Clinton Ok right now. If I see anything good I'll post some pics.
Title: Re: Storm dumps TWO to FOUR FEET of hail near Dumas,TX
Post by: flight17 on April 14, 2012, 06:10:34 PM
Georgia had a cold front roll in 2 days ago, temps dropped to the low 60's and the upper 30's at night, freaky...
Here in Western PA, it was in the 80's last week and this week on Monday/Tuesday it was below freezing and we got some flurries at night. Had a light layer of snow either Monday or Tuesday morning when i was drivign to School. It has been in the 70's Thursday and yesterday...