Saturday, July 25, 2020

PHOTOS: Southern Alberta pounded with near tennis ball-sized hail

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Saturday, July 25th 2020, 1:40 pm - Another round of severe thunderstorms marched their way through southern Alberta Friday, dropping hailstones as big as 6 cm.

The story for the summer in Alberta seems to be the barrage of severe thunderstorms. Another chapter was added to the story Friday night, as the southern end of the province was hit with more severe weather including large hail.

Earlier this year, Calgary was hit by a destructive hailstorm, now Canada's fourth costliest natural disaster.

SEE ALSO: $1.2B Calgary hailstorm ranks as Canada's 4th costliest natural disaster

Though not nearly as severe as the June 13 storm, Friday's severe thunderstorms did drop large hail in portions of the province, with Weather Network video journalist Kyle Brittain encountering a wide-range of hailstone sizes while chasing storms. Some were no bigger than marbles and peas, while others were as large as 6 cm, close to tennis ball-sized (6.5 cm).

Needless to say, some of the hail caused structural damage and numerous lawns were covered with a noticeable layer of smaller stones.


GROUNDS COVERED IN HAILSTONES, DAMAGE INCURRED
Large, damaging hail at Indus #abstorm
6cm hail at 645PM pic.twitter.com/yUdjmtWBb8— Kyle Brittain (@KyleTWN) July 25, 2020


Almost tennis ball size#abstorm pic.twitter.com/e5OJJJrJfb— Bruce Hilton (@BruceHilton0551) July 25, 2020


Lots of hail damage in the SE Calgary area of Copperfield. #yyc #abstorm pic.twitter.com/q0VzP07Lrd— Dan Madden (@DanMaddenWX) July 25, 2020


Larger than golf ball hail at Shepard 3 hours later #abstorm pic.twitter.com/LqY8Iz4Vcj— Kyle Brittain (@KyleTWN) July 25, 2020


Still some big ice 3km W of Indus melting in the grass nearly 3 hours after the fact #abstorm pic.twitter.com/tbofqFwp76— Kyle Brittain (@KyleTWN) July 25, 2020


@mckenzietown hail tonight #abstorm pic.twitter.com/31mUVLaLlQ— Quentin Whitford (@QuentinWhitford) July 25, 2020


Hail from Oasis Grove RV park just south of Strathmore from this afternoon’s storm. Hearing of damaged cars, homes, and gardens within SE Calgary. #abstorm #yycstorm pic.twitter.com/ujuMSU00E0— T-Zen (@TTiessen) July 25, 2020


#abstorm that WAS a beautiful pea field until the storm last night. 😥 We are off to check for damage on our fields today. #agriculture #cdnag #westcdnag @KyleTWN @HouckisPokise @weathernetwork

I love a good storm but pink & purple on the radar mean bad things for crops. pic.twitter.com/4n8QOvEWYI— Shanyn Silinski (@MysticShanyn) July 25, 2020


Everything damaged👎#abstorm pic.twitter.com/tIIbyc9u7U— Bruce Hilton (@BruceHilton0551) July 25, 2020
Thumbnail courtesy of Kyle Brittain.

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