Baseball-Sized Hail Hits Small Colorado Town, Piles Up Knee Deep
Authorities in a northeastern Colorado town needed to use heavy equipment and snow shovels to clear knee-deep ice that accumulated from a heavy hailstorm Monday night, The Associated Press (AP) reported. Residents of Yuma, a town of 3,500 about 40 miles from the Nebraska border, had their car windshields shattered by baseball-sized hail that also […]
Central US to end weekend with 100+ mph winds, baseball-sized hail
The central United States is bracing for the end of a potentially dangerous weekend as forecasters track the threat of severe weather Sunday. That includes the possibility of a derecho that could hit parts of Kansas and Oklahoma with destructive wind gusts exceeding 160 mph and hail the size of baseballs. This comes on the […]
Kansas, Missouri brace for baseball-sized ‘gorilla hail’ as storms approach
Unstable weather is expected to focus on parts of Kansas and Missouri Wednesday night, with the biggest concern being the possibility of heavy hail. AccuWeather senior meteorologist Alex Sosnowski said some have dubbed it “gorilla hail” because it can be so large. The Kansas City metropolitan area is the center of the area of concern. […]