Hail

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Here in southwest Missouri the past couple of days has suffered turbulent weather.   There have been some tornados, hail and heavy rain. As far as I know, no one hurt in the tornadoes and they were on the smaller scale. Fortunately we have only had rain but around us on all four sides, hail has been a big issue.  

 

Below is a hail that hit the Springfield area today.  That's nearly a five incher--most pictured on the local news was in the 2 to 3 1/2" range.  I don't know where it was found.  I saw pictures of plywood roof decking with holes punched through it.  I reckon thousands of vehicles were damaged--many totaled.  An animal at the Springfield zoo died and others were injured as a result of the hail. 

 

I can say I've never saw a hail stone as large as the one pictured.  When I was a kid, I know my grandpa had pigs (not full grown) who suffered broken backs due to hail.  Last year, we had had a second roof replaced on our house in the past three years.  When I built the house, I had "hail resistant" roofing  but we got a new roof every time our neighbors had their standard contractor grade roofing replaced. Our hail was 1 1/2" to  two inch diameter.  I don't want have to deal with that hassle again. 

 

 

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That was Monday, right?  I'm pretty sure I drove through that area on US 65 shortly after that storm passed through.  I started in Sedalia.  The storm was off to the east pretty much until I got to Branson - where I drove in pretty heavy rain to the Arkansas border.

 

In Sedalia we just got lots of rain.  We woke up Monday morning to water coming into the basement through the floor drains.  Once I got my pump set up, we had water about 2" deep in the basement.