APRIL 1, 2015
Viewers sent News 9 dozens of photos Tuesday showing the
hail produced by late-night storms passing through parts of the state.
Huge hail was widespread in the state, but among the biggest
reports were in Meeker, Oklahoma. In fact, a viewer shared a photo of hail
being compared to a baseball and a cell phone.
Damaging winds were confirmed with this storm, surpassing 80
miles per hour in the metro.
Another viewer shared a photo of window damage from the hail
produced near Centerview, Oklahoma Tuesday night.
Just before midnight, OG&E reported more than 12,000
customers were without power in the metro area.
Wind also took down trees in the metro late Tuesday and into
Wednesday morning. A downed tree could be seen in N.W. 10th Street and Western
Avenue.
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BASEBALL-SIZE HAIL BATTERS ARKANSAS, OKLAHOMA (PHOTOS)
APRIL 1, 2015
Severe thunderstorms battered parts of Oklahoma and Arkansas
with very large hail on Tuesday evening. Some of the stones that fell from
these storms were at least the size of a baseball.
The National Weather Service received 170 reports of hail on
Tuesday afternoon and evening, 20 of which were reports for hail at least 2
inches in diameter.
Lots of hail damage tonight across Faulkner county. Here’s a
picture from KATV viewer Ashely Quattlebaum #ARWX pic.twitter.com/oy0XW04wbz
— Todd Yakoubian (@KATV_Weather) April 1, 2015
My moms car in Greenbrier. WOW #arwx @THV11 @TBBrannon @ed_buckner
pic.twitter.com/5m6zk9f7Ri
— Christopher Pipkin (@Christo24938124) April 1, 2015
BASEBALL (and iPhone?) size hail in Meeker, OK (S Lincoln
co.) just after 11 PM. Thx Traci & Danielle! #okwx @NEWS9 pic.twitter.com/ENHdxw5Wed
— Matt Mahler (@themahler) April 1, 2015
KARK 4 News in Arkansas collected many viewer photos and
shared them on social media. The hail ranged from golf ball to softball-size.
Wow! Brittney Davis shares this picture of hail from
Damascus. #arwx pic.twitter.com/Hv4WvmWZcT
— Megan Strickland (@StricklyMeg) April 1, 2015
PIC: Another shot of large hail near Greenbrier #arwx pic.twitter.com/Bfblr9xKr2
— KARK 4 News (@KARK4News) April 1, 2015
You can see hail rings clearly in the lower left
photo below. Hail is formed by accumulating layers upon layers of ice as the
storm’s updraft prevents the stone from falling until it’s heavy enough to
break through the updraft. Very large hail stones is a sign of a very strong
updraft, which was able to keep the stones airborne for a long time.
More viewer pics of hail in Greenbrier tonight #Arwx pic.twitter.com/VRw2HfTUJT
— KARK 4 News (@KARK4News) April 1, 2015
Tuesday’s hail storms damaged homes and cars as they tracked
across the Central Plains. Windshields were smashed in, and siding was ripped
off in places where the hail came down sideways and battered homes.
Hail hath no mercy. It caused damage to @Christo24938124
vehicle outside of Greenbrier. #arwx pic.twitter.com/RYNHlgMzy7
— Megan Strickland (@StricklyMeg) April 1, 2015
The largest hail stone on record fell in Vivian, S.D., on
July 23, 2010. It was eight inches in diameter, and 18.5 inches in
circumference. “Mr. Lee Scott, who collected, the monster stone originally
planned to make daiquiris out of the hailstone,” writes Weather Underground’s historian
Christopher C. Burt, “but fortunately thought better and placed it in a freezer
before turning it over to the National Weather Service for certification.”
WOW! Must watch hail video! #ARWX RT @UsaArke: @KATV_Weather
Bryant Arkansas pic.twitter.com/wvX26jm1DU
— Todd Yakoubian (@KATV_Weather) March 31, 2015
Picture of VERY LARGE hail in Greenbrier last night from one
of my FB page followers. WOW! #ARWX pic.twitter.com/yr2G0X9jNL
— Paul Wilkerson (@Paul_The_Wxguru) April 1, 2015
PIC: Another perspective shot of the hail in Greenbrier #arwx
pic.twitter.com/Ljkgssmbuh
— Austin Kellerman (@AustinKellerman) April 1, 2015
RT @AccuFrank: 2D view of that TBSS! And garage cars if in
the red polygon! #ARwx pic.twitter.com/DD0mbjfuhU
— Jesse Ferrell (@Accu_Jesse) April 1, 2015
BASEBALL (and iPhone?) size hail in Meeker, OK (S Lincoln
co.) just after 11 PM. Thx Traci & Danielle! #okwx @NEWS9 pic.twitter.com/ENHdxw5Wed
— Matt Mahler (@themahler) April 1, 2015
And there it is. Large hail in Vilonia from KATV viewer
Brittany Hawks White #ARWX pic.twitter.com/Xr9V3RFh8z
— Todd Yakoubian (@KATV_Weather) April 1, 2015
Source:www.washingtonpost.com