Hay Rollers

[Bill Hamilton]

Originally posted by Ryan McGinnis
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Seeing the photo that Ryan McGinnis posted for the banner contest, it reminded me of what happened last year in OK on May 29th during the storm that tracked from Thomas to OKC when the inflow was so strong that it rolled several of the round hay bales across the pasture.
I was wondering if anyone had video or pics of "hay rollers" from that storm or any storm?

 

[Susan Strom]

I haven't seen hay rollers in the inflow but a few years ago a Monsoon storm in Arizona rolled a tractor/trailer rig over and over across a farmer's field SW of Phoenix. It is not unheard of to have wind gusts of 100mph from Monsoon storms.

 

[Andrew Pritchard]

Another similar thing happen in central Illinois in February of 2003. We had severe thunderstorm warnings issued on a convective snow storm that developed, and produced 60-70 mph winds over several counties. These winds, rolled snow into large balls...some even having diameters of a couple feet. For photos...

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ilx/events/roller.htm

 

[Earl Faubion]

Bill, I was out of the country when that event occurred and upon my return I remember seeing aerial video that showed the paths the bales had left in the fields. The video was from either KFOR or KWTV in Okahoma City.