Busy night, grapefruit hail sw of abilene just reported

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Busy night, grapefruit hail sw of abilene just reported

#1 Postby WXBUFFJIM » Tue Feb 22, 2005 9:19 pm

The latest report I got is of 4.25" diameter hail 8 miles southwest of Abilene, TX. This cell is as of 8:18 PM CST just north of the city of Abilene moving towards the northeast at around 20 mph.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
733 PM CST TUE FEB 22 2005

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0712 PM HAIL 8 SW ABILENE 32.37N 99.83W
02/22/2005 4.25 INCH TAYLOR TX TRAINED SPOTTER
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#2 Postby ChiTownMC » Tue Feb 22, 2005 9:23 pm

Wow thats like the size of a grapefruit!
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#3 Postby wlfpack81 » Tue Feb 22, 2005 10:20 pm

Man that is INSANE. I have friends from school down in Abilene who are TV mets. Bet there having a fun filled busy night.
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#4 Postby TexasStooge » Tue Feb 22, 2005 10:20 pm

NOT GOOD! :eek:
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#5 Postby michaelwmoss » Wed Feb 23, 2005 1:19 am

That is about Softball Sized as well. Was covering some of the severe weather tonight on radio.nhcwx.com. Will try to have some archives of these shows up in a couple of weeks.

Does anybody have any pictures/videos of this event or any of the severe weather in the south this past week?
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#6 Postby Scorpion » Wed Feb 23, 2005 6:22 pm

Wow! Hail that large can kill someone!
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#7 Postby Aslkahuna » Wed Feb 23, 2005 8:30 pm

Actually, it has though not necessarily in the US.

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