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Nebraska storm: Here’s what happens when baseball-sized hail strikes
_http://rt.com/usa/163480-hail-storm-tornado-nebraska/
Baseball-sized hail has pounded homes and cars across Nebraska, as powerful thunderstorms swept the Midwest, wreaking extensive damage, severe flooding and even reportedly tornado touchdowns in some areas.
Hailstones the size of baseballs pummeled the state with devastating effect Tuesday, producing a social media storm flooded with images of the aftermath of the freak hail, showing cracked windshields and houses riddled with holes.
The US National Weather Service received reports of flooding and registered winds of up to 85 mph in neighboring Iowa. In addition, there were reported of eight unconfirmed tornado touchdowns in Nebraska, Reuters reported.
The bout of stormy weather has been brought on by a derecho storm system – a short-lived, large cluster of storms – which is expected to move East on Wednesday morning.
“These storms can knock down trees, cause power outages and travel mayhem for the Wednesday morning commute,” Reuters reported Alex Sosnowski, a senior meteorologist at AccuWeather.com, as saying.
Hail, Tornadoes Reported as Storms Cross Midwest
_http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/severe-weather-midwest-packs-baseball-size-hail-23980900
Wednesday June 4, 2014 - Punishing thunderstorms weakened Wednesday as they pushed across the Midwest, causing some flash-flooding and minor wind damage in parts of southern Illinois and eastern Missouri.
Widespread heavy rain slowed the commute for thousands of people in metro St. Louis and winds bowled over trees in the central part of Missouri, snapping electricity lines and leaving thousands without power.
That was a far less severe battering than earlier in the storms' track, when baseball-sized hail blasted homes and cars, and flooding forced rescuers in boats to pull residents from homes in Nebraska and Iowa.
The storms also affected primary elections Tuesday in Iowa and South Dakota where voters had to cast ballots by flashlight in areas that lost power.
By Wednesday morning, the crescent-shaped arc of thunderstorms weakened, though winds of up to 75 mph were reported in Columbia, Missouri, with heavy rain and dime-sized hail.
In southern Illinois, the system had diminished enough that no severe thunderstorm or tornado watches were issued.
Forecasters there were already looking behind the storms to a cold front pushing south that could help trigger a new line of severe weather by Wednesday afternoon.
"We could have strong winds, we could have some large hail and there could be an isolated tornado," said Greg Meffert, lead forecaster for the National Weather Service's office in Paducah, Kentucky. "If they manage to pop up they could be severe fairly quickly."
Nebraska storm: Here’s what happens when baseball-sized hail strikes
_http://rt.com/usa/163480-hail-storm-tornado-nebraska/
Baseball-sized hail has pounded homes and cars across Nebraska, as powerful thunderstorms swept the Midwest, wreaking extensive damage, severe flooding and even reportedly tornado touchdowns in some areas.
Hailstones the size of baseballs pummeled the state with devastating effect Tuesday, producing a social media storm flooded with images of the aftermath of the freak hail, showing cracked windshields and houses riddled with holes.
The US National Weather Service received reports of flooding and registered winds of up to 85 mph in neighboring Iowa. In addition, there were reported of eight unconfirmed tornado touchdowns in Nebraska, Reuters reported.
The bout of stormy weather has been brought on by a derecho storm system – a short-lived, large cluster of storms – which is expected to move East on Wednesday morning.
“These storms can knock down trees, cause power outages and travel mayhem for the Wednesday morning commute,” Reuters reported Alex Sosnowski, a senior meteorologist at AccuWeather.com, as saying.
Hail, Tornadoes Reported as Storms Cross Midwest
_http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/severe-weather-midwest-packs-baseball-size-hail-23980900
Wednesday June 4, 2014 - Punishing thunderstorms weakened Wednesday as they pushed across the Midwest, causing some flash-flooding and minor wind damage in parts of southern Illinois and eastern Missouri.
Widespread heavy rain slowed the commute for thousands of people in metro St. Louis and winds bowled over trees in the central part of Missouri, snapping electricity lines and leaving thousands without power.
That was a far less severe battering than earlier in the storms' track, when baseball-sized hail blasted homes and cars, and flooding forced rescuers in boats to pull residents from homes in Nebraska and Iowa.
The storms also affected primary elections Tuesday in Iowa and South Dakota where voters had to cast ballots by flashlight in areas that lost power.
By Wednesday morning, the crescent-shaped arc of thunderstorms weakened, though winds of up to 75 mph were reported in Columbia, Missouri, with heavy rain and dime-sized hail.
In southern Illinois, the system had diminished enough that no severe thunderstorm or tornado watches were issued.
Forecasters there were already looking behind the storms to a cold front pushing south that could help trigger a new line of severe weather by Wednesday afternoon.
"We could have strong winds, we could have some large hail and there could be an isolated tornado," said Greg Meffert, lead forecaster for the National Weather Service's office in Paducah, Kentucky. "If they manage to pop up they could be severe fairly quickly."