Huge Hail South of Wichita

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Huge Hail South of Wichita

Topic Author: Andrew Switzer

Posted: May 31, 2008

Replies Posted: 8 comments

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Huge Hail South of Wichita

On Saturday morning some severe t-storms were rolling across portions of South Central and SE Kansas. These storms were producing baseball and even softball size hail. Our sister station KAKE out of Wichita sent me this picture of the Softball size hail. You can see the measurement on the right of 4.25 inches. That is some very large and dangerous hail that could certainly do some serious damage. How would you like to awake to this...probably wouldn't be very pleasant. This just shows the power of thunderstorms. What do you think?

Posted by: BARB Location: TOPEKA
THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR FANTASTIC JOB TONITE OF KEEPING US SAFE AND INFORMED OF THESE TERRIBLE STORMS, GREAT JOB.

Posted by: Brandon Location: Topeka
I was riding my bike to a gas station bout 5 blocks away from where (Topeka)i live and the clouds were dark and hail(like dime) just starting falling we did not get hit but it was like 3 years ago but it was weird family kept calling me to see if i was ok

Posted by: sharon Location: topeka
Drew, I'm spending my summer in a fifth wheel.Would that hail in the picture cause major damage to my temp. home??? I'm so glad yesterday's storms passed us by. We saw no hail where we were.

Posted by: PS That is truly amazing, and scary! I hope i never see this other than on the screen!

Posted by: LJ Location: Topeka
I was in southwest Wichita (Hwy 54 & Tyler) when this happened. I am just thankful that it did not bust out the windows in my car. There sure is a lot of dents on the car.

Posted by: George Location: Goff, KS
when large hail like this doed it keill and injure live stock that loose out in the fields

Posted by: Suzy Location: Hoyt
Yikes! That's pretty scary! My brother and sister-in-laws home was seriously damaged by hail this size about 16 years ago, in Wichita. Whenever I see hail like this, I think of the cattle out in fields that have no place to go to hide from it, or worse yet, the homeless who have no shelter. It's frightening.

Posted by: jason Location: Alma
WOW!! A car's worst nightmare!