Bbach1 Posted August 25, 2006 Posted August 25, 2006 Bad weather day in ND with tornadoes and end of the world looking clouds, but Stanton, ND got hit with massive hail. Grapefruit size. Pics in the local paper. Incredible! Looked like the stuff on the movie "Day After Tomorrow". Huge. Just plain huge. Wish I had a picture, but the Bismarck Tribune did not put the real big ones on their internet site. They had shots in the printed paper. I wonder why they left those of their website? In the pics, a lady was holding three pieces in her hands and there just plain massive. From what I hear, not too many windows left intact in town. bbach Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.
A String Posted August 25, 2006 Posted August 25, 2006 That's the craziest thing I've ever heard! Craig Stringnetwork on Facebook String Network Forum My Music
Tedster Posted August 25, 2006 Posted August 25, 2006 Wow...grapefruit sized! A lot of dead or injured livestock? "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine"
Junior 1 Posted August 25, 2006 Posted August 25, 2006 OK, let me get this straight. You guys get some of the worst winter weather around AND get hit with grapefruit size hail! God bless you!!!
fantasticsound Posted August 25, 2006 Posted August 25, 2006 I heard about this last night, but again, no pics. Here's a pic of similarly sized hail from a 2003 storm: http://www.ucar.edu/research/storms/images/grapefruit-hail300.jpg It's easiest to find me on Facebook. Neil Bergman Soundclick fntstcsnd
Guitarzan Posted August 25, 2006 Posted August 25, 2006 ouch that is nasty. http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=193274 rock it, i will
LeftyBlues Posted August 25, 2006 Posted August 25, 2006 !!!!! Man you gots to be kidding! That has to destroy every car, truck, window in town. I guess our 90 degree temp isn't so bad afterall. I was born at night but I wasn't born last night...
Hairfarmer Posted August 25, 2006 Posted August 25, 2006 According to The Weather Channel, yesterday was the worst day on record for tornado activity in the US. I believe they said that there was 31 NWS verified tornado's across the US, yesterday alone. I know of two F3's that hit in Minnesota not far from my son's apartment. Kind of freaked him out. He's accustom to them here in Missouri, but he thought he was too far north to see one in Minnesota...especially this time of year. Kerry
Bbach1 Posted August 25, 2006 Author Posted August 25, 2006 Originally posted by fantasticsound: I heard about this last night, but again, no pics. Here's a pic of similarly sized hail from a 2003 storm: http://www.ucar.edu/research/storms/images/grapefruit-hail300.jpg Yup, Neil, that's the kind of stuff that hammered Stanton. The pics in the paper were from a lady who picked the gigantuan hail off of her living room floor after they crashed through her window. bbach Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.
Bbach1 Posted August 25, 2006 Author Posted August 25, 2006 Originally posted by Tedster: Wow...grapefruit sized! A lot of dead or injured livestock? No people reported dead Tedster, but I'm not certain of cattle. Quite a mess there I guess. bbach Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.
Bbach1 Posted August 25, 2006 Author Posted August 25, 2006 Originally posted by Hairfarmer: According to The Weather Channel, yesterday was the worst day on record for tornado activity in the US. I believe they said that there was 31 NWS verified tornado's across the US, yesterday alone. I know of two F3's that hit in Minnesota not far from my son's apartment. Kind of freaked him out. He's accustom to them here in Missouri, but he thought he was too far north to see one in Minnesota...especially this time of year. We had several funnel clouds and a couple that touched down here. No major population areas hit except the town of Underwood got trashed. I drove in from Minnesota yesterday afternoon and drove through some horrendous rain. I did hear that Minnesota got hit with some F3's. The sky looks a bit ominous this evening again. bbach Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.
Big Red 67 Posted August 25, 2006 Posted August 25, 2006 It is a trip I heard about this here before I heard it on NPR! Big Red's Ride Blog
caprae Posted August 26, 2006 Posted August 26, 2006 I did hear it on NPR on the way home tonight. They interviewed a local. You could tell the interviewer was playing with the lady because of that leftover Swedish/Norwegian accent. (Which I grew up with ) Raise your children and spoil your grandchildren. Spoil your children and raise your grandchildren.
Zephyr Posted August 26, 2006 Posted August 26, 2006 Grapefruit-sized!!???! Technically, i guess that could be classified as a low-grade meteor shower Never argue with an idiot. They'll bring you down to their level and beat you with experience. http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=810593 http://www.myspace.com/dandelavega
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