Taking a look at how Oklahoma’s hailstorm this week ranks amongst others in North America
Up to date: 5:54 PM CDT Could 2, 2023
EXPENSIVE HAIL STORMS IN NORTH AMERICA. >> NO DOUBT ABOUT IT HAIL HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST STORY IN OKLAHOMA SO FAR THIS YEAR. IT LOOKS AT THE STORM WE HAD AND COMPARED TO OTHER LARGE HAIL STORMS SINCE 2010. TAKE YOU UP TO CALGARY, AN AREA YOU DON’T NORMALLY THINK MUCH ABOUT HAIL, USUALLY THINK OF CANADA AND WINTER STORMS. CALGARY THE HAIL CAPITAL OF CANADA SINCE 2010 THEY HAVE HAD THREE MAJOR HAIL STORMS DROPPING AT LEAST A GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL TOTALING 1.2 BILLION DOLLARS, ANOTHER CITY USUALLY DON’T THINK ABOUT HAIL DENVER COLORADO. YOU NORMALLY THINK WINTER WEATHER. THE MOUNTAINS AND, ALONG THE FRONT RANGE AND FOR GETTING LOTS OF HAIL. USUALLY WHEN YOU GET HAIL IT IS A LOT LOT OF SMALL HAIL IN DENVER AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT SNOWED IN THE MIDDLE OF JULY. SINCE 2010 THEY HAVE HAD TWO MAJOR HAIL STORMS, THE COSTLIEST STORM IN COLORADO HISTORY, THE HAIL STORM THAT HAPPENED A FEW YEARS AGO. THAT TOTALED $2.3 BILLION, HOW ABOUT THIS, PHOENIX ARIZONA, THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. IT IS HOT, DRY, BUT HAIL? ABOUT THE COSTLIEST STORM IN ALL OF THE U.S.. IT HAPPENED IN PHOENIX BACK IN 2010, GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL MADE IT ACROSS THE CITY AND WITH A LOT OF THOSE HOMES IN THE SPANISH TILE ALTHOUGH STYLES WERE CRACKED. THE COSTLIEST HAILSTORM IN U.S. HISTORY IN PHOENIX ARIZONA. HOW ABOUT SAN ANTONI, USUALLY THINK AROUND TEXAS IT IS HOT, DRY, BUT THAT HEAT AND HOLD A LOT OF INSTABILITY. HE GET A THUNDERSTORM TO DEVELOP IN TEXAS IT CAN HOLD QUITE A BIT OF INSTABILITY AND HAIL. IT MADE ITS WAY ACROSS THE CITY BACK IN 2011 AND A COUPLE DAYS AGO, THEY HAD ANOTHER HAILSTORM THAT MADE ITS WAY ACROSS THE CITY WITH LARGE HAIL. DALLAS, ANOTHER CITY THIS PAST WEEK THAT EXPENSED A SIGNIFICANT HAILSTORM. THEY HAD A STORM A COUPLE YEARS AGO IN 2012 DROPPED SOFTBALL SIZED HAIL. WHEN YOU DROP THAT MUCH HAIL FROM FORT WORTH, ALL THOSE COMMUN
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Taking a look at how Oklahoma’s hailstorm this week ranks amongst others in North America
Up to date: 5:54 PM CDT Could 2, 2023
Many Oklahomans are nonetheless recovering after this week’s hailstorms.KOCO 5 First Alert Chief Meteorologist Damon Lane seems at the price of the storm, saying it ranks within the prime 10 most costly hailstorms in North America.Watch the video participant above for Damon’s report.
Many Oklahomans are nonetheless recovering after this week’s hailstorms.
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KOCO 5 First Alert Chief Meteorologist Damon Lane seems at the price of the storm, saying it ranks within the prime 10 most costly hailstorms in North America.
Watch the video participant above for Damon’s report.
