mikegeukes
EF5
Wichita Area Pics of Storms, Hail, etc
Some links to check out:
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=ict&storyid=57687&source=0
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/images/ict/wxstory/2010/915HailEvent/915107inchstone.jpg
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/images/ict/wxstory/2010/915HailEvent/91510HailLARGE.jpg
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/images/ict/wxstory/2010/915HailEvent/91510Hail4.jpg
http://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KICT/1009161859.nous43.html
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ict/
http://www.kwch.com/news/kwch-news-cd-hail-goddard,0,2833074.story
http://media.trb.com/media/photo/2010-09/130425880-15190738.jpg
http://www.kwch.com/
http://www.kansas.com/2010/09/16/1496381/powerful-storms-prompt-school.html
http://www.kansas.com/
http://www.ksn.com/news/local/story...etting-hail-stone/1EY9osQ8jEmabegxviFelg.cspx
http://www.ksn.com/Photo.aspx?content_id=d9abfead-8507-47af-810c-f4fcd2a021c4
http://www.ksn.com/
http://www.kake.com/home/headlines/103063564.html
http://www.kake.com/home/headlines/102993054.html
http://www.kake.com/
Links Courtesy of NWS Wichita, KWCH, Wichita Eagle, KSN, KAKE
Mike
http://supercellweather.com
Preliminary New Record
The Hail stone below that is pictured at 7.5 inches may have broken a new record for Kansas Hailstones. The Hail stone may have broken the record Diameter of any hailstone at 7.5 Inches, other stats include 15.5 Inches in circumference and 1.1 lbs. This hailstone fell near Pawnee and 119th Street in West Wichita around 6pm on September 15th, 2010. The measured circumference and weight were measured 15 hours after the event. The previous record was 5.7 Inches in Diameter, 17.6 Inches in circumference, and 1.65 lbs and fell in Coffeyville, Kansas on September 3rd, 1970.
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/images/ict/wxstory/2010/915HailEvent/915107inchstone.jpg
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/images/ict/wxstory/2010/915HailEvent/91510HailLARGE.jpg
Latest PNS Statement mentions the following
HAIL: WE HAVE RECEIVED PICTURES OF A HAIL STONE THAT OCCURRED IN
WEST WICHITA...ABOUT 2 MILES WEST OF WICHITA MID-CONTINENT AIRPORT.
A TEAM OF METEOROLOGISTS VISITED THIS SITE TODAY. PRELIMINARY DATA
SUGGESTS A RECORD HAIL STONE OCCURRED IN DIAMETER. THE SIZE OF THIS
STONE WAS MEASURE AS 7.75 INCHES IN DIAMETER...15.5 INCHES IN
CIRCUMFERENCE...AND WEIGHED 1.1 POUNDS. THE LATTER TWO
MEASUREMENTS...THE CIRCUMFERENCE AND WEIGHT...WERE TAKEN ABOUT 15
HOURS AFTER FALLING...WHICH REDUCED THE SIZE.
http://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KICT/1009161859.nous43.html
Mike
Some links to check out:
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=ict&storyid=57687&source=0
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/images/ict/wxstory/2010/915HailEvent/915107inchstone.jpg
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/images/ict/wxstory/2010/915HailEvent/91510HailLARGE.jpg
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/images/ict/wxstory/2010/915HailEvent/91510Hail4.jpg
http://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KICT/1009161859.nous43.html
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ict/
http://www.kwch.com/news/kwch-news-cd-hail-goddard,0,2833074.story
http://media.trb.com/media/photo/2010-09/130425880-15190738.jpg
http://www.kwch.com/
http://www.kansas.com/2010/09/16/1496381/powerful-storms-prompt-school.html
http://www.kansas.com/
http://www.ksn.com/news/local/story...etting-hail-stone/1EY9osQ8jEmabegxviFelg.cspx
http://www.ksn.com/Photo.aspx?content_id=d9abfead-8507-47af-810c-f4fcd2a021c4
http://www.ksn.com/
http://www.kake.com/home/headlines/103063564.html
http://www.kake.com/home/headlines/102993054.html
http://www.kake.com/
Links Courtesy of NWS Wichita, KWCH, Wichita Eagle, KSN, KAKE
Mike
http://supercellweather.com
Preliminary New Record
The Hail stone below that is pictured at 7.5 inches may have broken a new record for Kansas Hailstones. The Hail stone may have broken the record Diameter of any hailstone at 7.5 Inches, other stats include 15.5 Inches in circumference and 1.1 lbs. This hailstone fell near Pawnee and 119th Street in West Wichita around 6pm on September 15th, 2010. The measured circumference and weight were measured 15 hours after the event. The previous record was 5.7 Inches in Diameter, 17.6 Inches in circumference, and 1.65 lbs and fell in Coffeyville, Kansas on September 3rd, 1970.
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/images/ict/wxstory/2010/915HailEvent/915107inchstone.jpg
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/images/ict/wxstory/2010/915HailEvent/91510HailLARGE.jpg
Latest PNS Statement mentions the following
HAIL: WE HAVE RECEIVED PICTURES OF A HAIL STONE THAT OCCURRED IN
WEST WICHITA...ABOUT 2 MILES WEST OF WICHITA MID-CONTINENT AIRPORT.
A TEAM OF METEOROLOGISTS VISITED THIS SITE TODAY. PRELIMINARY DATA
SUGGESTS A RECORD HAIL STONE OCCURRED IN DIAMETER. THE SIZE OF THIS
STONE WAS MEASURE AS 7.75 INCHES IN DIAMETER...15.5 INCHES IN
CIRCUMFERENCE...AND WEIGHED 1.1 POUNDS. THE LATTER TWO
MEASUREMENTS...THE CIRCUMFERENCE AND WEIGHT...WERE TAKEN ABOUT 15
HOURS AFTER FALLING...WHICH REDUCED THE SIZE.
http://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KICT/1009161859.nous43.html
Mike
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