HUGE Hail Storm

[calf]

I guess there's a severe thunderstorm warning out there right now for Calgary. Up here in Edgemont it's raining like hell with a lot of hail - at one point could barely see across the street - watch out for it if you can!

[icarus]

Sunny and warm down here in the southeast! For now...

[the_only_turek_fan]

Yeah I hear you Calf.

Edgemont is crazy right now Lightning, rain, and hail.

[Cowboy]

I just looked north and thought that it looked like it was going to p*ss. Then I saw the thread....not looking pretty. I think I have already over watered the flowers...crap

[calf]

Now it's over here. That was quick.

by over here, I don't mean it's arrived, I mean it's finished. obviously

[KevanGuy]

Bearing down on the South now. Looks like a good one.

[Resolute 14]

Just raining in Kingsland, but damn those clouds are BLACK.

[monty_]

I was at the airport when it started, tons of rain, thankfully no hail

[greyshep]

I was not so lucky. I live in Langdon which is 10mins east of Calgary on Glenmore Trail.

There is many holes in our siding, (5yr old house), our garage door looks like someone has been shooting it with golf balls every day, my neighbors skylight and front window were both cracked.

I have never seen a storm this damaging before. Every home in our community has some damage by the sounds of things. (this is a community of over 500 homes now)

[Stormchaser]

Originally posted by greyshep@Aug 25 2004, 03:02 PM
I was not so lucky. I live in Langdon which is 10mins east of Calgary on Glenmore Trail.

There is many holes in our siding, (5yr old house), our garage door looks like someone has been shooting it with golf balls every day, my neighbors skylight and front window were both cracked.

I have never seen a storm this damaging before. Every home in our community has some damage by the sounds of things. (this is a community of over 500 homes now)

Sorry to hear about your house. Enviroment Canada said the storm was weakining bofore it got to Calgary so i'm kind of suprised that there was hail damage. Anyone else know if the storm persisted past Langdon?

[calf]

Originally posted by stormchaser@Aug 25 2004, 04:24 PM
Anyone else know if the storm persisted past Langdon?

what are you, some sort of storm-chaser?

[Stormchaser]

Its a hobby. A lot of fun though

[BlackArcher101]

Agreed, storm chasing is fun... just don't drive a vehicle that you are afraid to get damaged.

Here's some radar images of the storm.
Storm(s) approaching from NW
Storm(s) over Calgary
Storm E of Calgary

Check out the 3rd one. That's one big cell with a cloud top of 11.5km. Damn!

2 hours after going through Calgary

[Stormchaser]

cool site black. How often do you chase?

[BlackArcher101]

I used to live in Lethbridge, so very little. Maybe once every 2 weeks. Just wasn't enough storms the past few summers down there. Now I'm in Thunder Bay, so I get a storm every week, sometimes 3 a week.

[greyshep]

Originally posted by BlackArcher101@Aug 25 2004, 05:05 PM
Agreed, storm chasing is fun... just don't drive a vehicle that you are afraid to get damaged.

Here's some radar images of the storm.
Storm(s) approaching from NW
Storm(s) over Calgary
Storm E of Calgary

Check out the 3rd one. That's one big cell with a cloud top of 11.5km. Damn!

2 hours after going through Calgary

Yep that third one looks like its right on top of Langdon.

What a storm. There was still mounds of hail on my lawn this morning.

Insurance adjuster is scheduled to come out on Saturday. Should be interesting to see what the final tally is.

I just wish my house was needing repairs so I could benefit from this a bit. Unfortunately with it only being 5yrs old I really didnt need to replace anything yet. Nothing like a $500 deductible kick in the teeth and the likely raised insurance premiums caused by a 15-20 minute storm.