DESTROYED NO ONE WAS HURT IN THIS TORNADO. MOUNT AIRE IN SOUTHERN IOWA IS DOING SOME TORNADO AND HEAVY ROCK DAMAGE. SOME ROCKS WERE BIGGER THAN BASEBALL SIZE. KCCIS ETHAN HUMMEL TALKED TO A COUPLE ABOUT THE MESSAGE THAT REMAINS AND. NOT MANY MOUNT AIRES DID AS MUCH DAMAGE FROM THE TORNADO AS WINE MILLS, BUT WITH THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITY’S HELP, THEY HOPE TO GET ON YOUR FEET SOON. WE WORK SO HARD TO BUILD ALL OF THIS AND THEN BOOM, IT COME DOWN. CRAIG AND SUZE WINEMILLER SAYS IT FELT LIKE A PUNCH. BET WE WERE IN THE 30’S AND IT WAS FRIDAY NIGHT THE TORNADO SWEEPED THROUGH THE BEEF PRODUCERS PROPERTY, DESTROYING THEIR TWO LIVESTOCK CORPS AND LEAVING A MESS. BUT THEN HIS HELP ARRIVED JUST AFTER CRAIG MADE A PHONE CALL. HE SAYS 60 PEOPLE CAME ON THE FOUR WHEELS TO PICK UP THE HANDLE SAFELY. They just STARTED BRINGING BEAST AND BRINGING BEAST AND BRINGING BEAST AND IT WAS AWESOME. THE PERSON WHO MADE, YOU KNOW, A PHONE CALL TO BAM. BUT THE MOLNERS CASE IS A UNIQUE ONE. RINGGOLD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR MELISSA STARK SAYS IN MOUNT AIR MOST OF THE DAMAGE WAS DUE TO HAIL. THE STONE DAMAGE, I’M SURE, WILL CONTINUE TO COME FOR DAYS, AND IT WILL BE A COUPLE OF WEEKS OF CLEANUP, SHE SAYS. THE STONE ATTACHED WITH THE TORNADO HAS SUBSTANTIALLY FAILED MORE THAN 50 HOMES IN THE COUNTY. MORE THAN 20 OF THESE ARE CURRENTLY CONSIDERED UNSHABABLE, AND STARK SAYS THERE’S A LOT TO BE THANKFUL FOR. THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, AND WE ARE INCREDIBLY LUCKY NO ONE WAS HURT. AS LONG AS WE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE WE SEE WITH THIS SUPPORT, HELPING THOSE CLOSER TO GIVING THAN RECEIVING, LIKE THE WINE GRINDERS, IT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO SUPPORT US AND TO BE THERE FOR US. THAT WAS HARD. IT IS HARD TO RECEIVE. THE FAMILY EXPECTS TO BE BACK TO WORK IN THE NEXT MONTHS IN MOUNT AIRE.
What is the gorilla hail that is pelting parts of Iowa, the Midwest this spring?
Updated: April 30, 2024 at 5:14 PM CDT
The term “gorilla hail” has been thrown around this spring as storms sweep across the Midwest, but it’s not exactly scientific. Gorilla hail is a term coined by Reed Timmer, a storm chaser who calls himself an extreme meteorologist, according to senior AccuWeather. meteorologist Alex Sosnowski. Some have begun to use the description for large hail, 2 inches or more in diameter. Baseball-sized hail fell on Mount Ayr and other areas of southwest Iowa on Friday. On Tuesday, hail the size of golf balls and tennis balls were reported. Traditionally, common objects like peas and golf balls and softballs have been used to describe the hail you might see. When you pick up a tennis ball, baseball-sized or softball-sized, that can do a lot of damage, and if it hits you in the head, that could be fatal, Sosnowski said. How often does Iowa see severe hail? Last year, KCCI meteorologist Trey Fulbright examined hail reports from the previous 20 years. At the time, central Iowa had seen 3,300 reports of severe hail since 2003. The largest hail occurred in 2004, with two 5.5-inch diameter hail events, one in Story and the other in Hancock County. As expected, hail occurs most frequently during the months of April, May, and June, with a steady decline in reports from late summer through fall. June is the most active month for hail on record, with a total of 872 reports. Based on 20 years of data, the average number of hail reports per year is 156. This article uses information from the Associated Press.
The term “gorilla hail” has been thrown around this spring as storms sweep through the Midwest, but it’s not exactly scientific.
Gorilla hail is a term coined by Reed Timmer, a storm chaser who calls himself an extreme meteorologist, according to AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Alex Sosnowski. Some have begun to use the description for large hail, 2 inches in diameter or larger.
Baseball-sized hail fell on Mount Ayr and other areas of southwest Iowa on Friday. On Tuesday, hail the size of golf balls and tennis balls were reported.
Traditionally, common objects like peas and golf balls and softballs have been used to describe the hail you might see.
When you take off with a tennis ball, baseball-sized or softball-sized, that can do a lot of damage, and if you get hit in the head, that could be fatal, Sosnowski said.
How often does Iowa see large hail?
Last year, KCCI meteorologist Trey Fulbright examined hail reports from the previous 20 years. At the time, central Iowa had seen 3,300 reports of large hail since 2003.
The largest hail occurred in 2004, with two instances of hail measuring 5.5 inches in diameter, one in Story and the other in Hancock County.
As expected, hail occurs most frequently during the months of April, May, and June, with a steady decline in reports from late summer through fall. June is the most active hail month on record, with a total of 872 reports.
Based on the 20-year data, the average number of hail reports per year is 156.
This article used information from the Associated Press.
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