“It hasn’t officially been assessed yet, but there are hundreds and hundreds of cars damaged, so who knows when they will get around to it. Wells said the car - which is his mother’s - is likely a write-off.

“We were supposed to be in Edmonton Monday night, so we will stay here for a couple of days before making our way to (Manitoba).” “We have a Jeep Grand Cherokee now - that’s our rental,” said Wells. The family stayed in Red Deer overnight, then made their way to Edmonton Tuesday morning. “We all got impaled with little pieces of glass and stuff, but a couple of showers, and the kids went swimming - we are OK.” My knuckles are all bruised up and stuff from that, but that’s First World problems. A solid line of thunderstorms blew from Lake Michigan to the east side of the state, past. So we were holding that up to keep the hail out and it hurt like heck… if a hailstone hit right where you were holding it, oh my god. More than 87,000 homes and businesses are without power as severe storms swept across Michigan on Tuesday. “Grapefruit-sized hailstones blew out the sunroofs and were trying to smash through the (sunroof) headliner - the interior part that keeps the inside dark. “We wrapped ourselves in blankets as soon as it looked like the glass was going to break,” he said. Wells told Black Press he stopped driving as soon as the first of the hail hit and cracked the windshield. Nobody got hurt just a couple of scratches.” “Obviously the main thing is we are safe, we are healthy. Luckily the driver’s side and passenger side window were not blown out but the rear passenger window… was totally blown out. “You can see the windshield is blown out, dents, dual sunroofs both blown out. “It did a pretty good number on the van here,” he says on the video. Grapefruit (3 ½ 4 inches): This is where the super hailstorm designation begins. Wells posted a Facebook Live video afterwards, showing the extensive damage to his vehicle. Hailstones, some reportedly the size of grapefruits, battered vehicles along the Queen Elizabeth II Highway. While travelling to Manitoba for a family reunion, the Wells family got caught in a torrential storm, just south of Red Deer, Alta. This process can happen repeatedly, allowing larger hailstones to form before the updraft is no longer strong enough to hold them up.Courtenay Mayor Bob Wells and his family are safe, but their van was severely damaged in an Alberta hailstorm Monday afternoon.

Hailstones are formed when thunderstorm updrafts lift raindrops up into the frigid atmosphere, allowing them to freeze and gain mass. And, most recently, a hailstone of that size came down in May 2007 in Marion County, which is a nearly two-hour drive northwest of Orlando.

Then in March 2003 a hailstone of that size fell in Bradford County, which is located southwest of Jacksonville. Florida has seen a hailstone this large fall from the sky fall three times - in March 1996 in Polk County, which is just north of Highlands County. PHOTOS: ‘Grapefruit-sized hail,’ severe storms leaves damage in parts of Alberta. #Florida /LSbYUS4OZR- Paul Dellegatto⚡️FOX April 5, 2022įlorida's record largest hailstone is a 4.5-inch stone, meaning that it is about the size of a grapefruit. Easily golf ball size, perhaps larger in spots. Giant grapefruit-sized hail hits Australia’s east coast By Reuters. Major car and roof damage in Highlands County from today’s #hail storm. Lots of calls to insurance companies tomorrow. size and below the 2021 national average farm size of 445 acres.

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