4 feet of hail in Texas?

[liberal N proud]

The National Weather Service's office in Amarillo, Texas, posted this photo Wednesday night of what it said was deep hail

Sure, everything's bigger in Texas. But 4 feet of hail from one storm? That's what the National Weather Service, the Texas Department of Transportation and a local sheriff say happened Wednesday in an area north of Amarillo when hail piled up in drifts so wide they cut off a major highway.

The National Weather Service office in Amarillo even posted a photo on its Facebook page, but that wasn't enough to convince skeptics.

"Serious do not think this is 100% hail!!!" commented one person.

"It's a lite dusting of hail on some damn rocks," said another person, referring to the image of a firefighter standing next to what could be taken for boulders.

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"That was 4 feet of ice" that was compacted by rain and floodwater across a wide area, she added

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/12/11160993-4-feet-of-hail-in-texas-reports-photos-cause-quite-a-storm?lite/

[seabeyond]

1. this is so funny. i am getting emails and calls. amarillo was "hit".

a homeowner next door does not live in his house, there for his retirement. he called to see if his house was ok. first thing this morning. was like a what the fuck? it rained. i know we are ALL excited by a little rain, but.... rain. not even tornado threat.

emails from mother in law, lol.

hubby was just telling me, right outside of amarillo a road was washed away and the hail and how bad it all is. told me to look at the pictures.

sigh....

would have been fun. but thrilled with the rain.

[struggle4progress]

2. Rain, floodflooding -- and lots of hail, that fell with the rain, was transported by flashfloods

Seems to be conglomerate formed as ice-water receded from hail transported by the flashfloods

[progressoid]

4. Holy crap!

[AnneD]

3. Weather has always been a bit dodgy....

in Amarillo. If the Weather Service said 4 feet fell, I would believe them.

[unionworks]

5. Aw, Hail! n/t

[Bake]

12. The hail you say!

I think in Texas those two words are pronounced the same ... with three syllables!



Bake

[unionworks]

14. I worked

In the steel mill in Pgh. with a real McCoy from W.V. Anytime it was hailing outside whe would tell him and he would exclaim in his wonderful accent "Aw Hail"!

[MicaelS]

6. EVERYTHING is deeper in Texas...

And I say that as a lifelong Texan.

[X_Digger]

7. We've had 16" on our back fence in the past..

The wind / rain tends to push it up against anything in its path. Our chain link fence acts like a large sieve.

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. NWS should go on the TV machine and use this to educate people

on increased energy in the atmosphere due to temp rise and how that leads to freak weather events that are dramatic.

Oh wait, this is the US... that only happens in developing countries where they are not in denial.

[Cruzan]

9. That's a hail of a lot!

[Bake]

11. Hail yes!

That's a lotta hail!



Bake

[leveymg]

10. Aren't we about two weeks late for this sort of thing?

[slampoet]

13. Is their air really that polluted? Looks like that hail has been sitting in rush hour for a month.

[X_Digger]

15. Or it was carried along by flash flooding (mud, etc). n/t

[struggle4progress]

17. See post #2

[Major Nikon]

16. I saw a hailstorm in El Paso that left a foot of ice on my front porch

It looked like it had snowed and it was in May.