Tag Archives: hail
Wytheville, VA, to Little Rock, AR, Weather: 7/27/21
I only made it about half as far as I had intended yesterday, ending the night a little early in Wytheville, VA. I ran into some severe storms near Waynesboro, and even had some dime-sized hail. I was able to … Continue reading
Central New Mexico Weather: 6/1/21
Yesterday, we got hit with a severe thunderstorm that dropped quarter inch hail at my house. I’m sad that I put some plants in my garden the day before, but happy that I was able to get back from running … Continue reading
Storm Chase Day #10: Childress, TX, to Midland, TX
Yesterday, I learned there is almost nowhere that has a good breakfast in Childress. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) had a Slight Risk over southwestern Texas and southeastern New Mexico, with a 2% Tornado Threat Ring in the same area. … Continue reading
Weather Video of the Week: #24, 6/14/20
This week’s video is on a severe hailstorm that stuck Alberta. Note: I do not own this video. I posted this video as folks don’t realize: 1. The destructive power of hail 2. That Canada has an active storm chasing … Continue reading
Weather Video of the Week: #21, 5/24/20
This has been the week of hail. Large hail was falling through the roofs of houses in Texas. However, I thought this was interesting as well: Note: I do not own this video. We often think of hailstorms as something … Continue reading
Weather Video of the Week: #3, 1/19/20
Once again, Australia is the focus of the Weather Video of the week. This time, instead of wildfires, it’s destructive hail. Golf-ball hail is nothing to mess around with, and judging by some of the cars, some of it was … Continue reading
Weather Video of the Week: 2019 #41
This video shows the 2004 Socorro Hail Storm. Yesterday marked the 15 year anniversary of the Socorro Hail Storm. Large hail fell for nearly several minutes, destroying cars, skylights and tile rooftops across the New Mexico Tech campus. I had … Continue reading
5/19/19: Storm Chase Follow-Up
Today was simply a travel day. We drifted south out of Aurora, CO, towards the major threat for 5/20/19. We ended the day at the Baymont Suites in Amarillo, TX. The route is shown below: Thank you for reading my … Continue reading
HPT Storm Chase: Day #6 Follow-Up
Yesterday was a fantastic chase day. We started out by heading northeast on I-76 towards the Nebraska/Colorado border. We stopped briefly in Sterling to pick up a part for a phone, where it was cool and dry. We needed to … Continue reading
Magdalena Storm Chase: Day #1 Follow Up
On our first day, we left Magdalena, NM, sometime around 9:30 am. We picked up our last chaser in Socorro and headed north and east. Originally, I targeted Tucumcari, NM, so we took I-25 to I-40 and continued east. We … Continue reading