Geos Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 I would say up to 2 inches. I didn't see property damage, but there was plenty of vegetation damage. Never seen a hailstone that big personally. Watching KPLR news - and heard the different stories. The ones where hail was falling through skylights into the buildings on people was pretty crazy sounding! Lots of insurance claims coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowman99 Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Glad to see the priorities straight there...they spent about 5 minutes going around and checking each employee's cars as they asked...completely ignoring the ongoing threat during that time. Actually in all honestly the coverage on that particular station was fantastic. They were on the air for several hours warning of the large hail and potential tornadoes. The storm was moving out of that particular area when they were asking about the cars, it was transitioning to a news story at that point. So I wouldn't complain about it unless you saw all the coverage... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guru Of Reason Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Never seen a hailstone that big personally. Watching KPLR news - and heard the different stories. The ones where hail was falling through skylights into the buildings on people was pretty crazy sounding! Lots of insurance claims coming! Yeah. I was one of the luckier ones. A lot of people have smashed windshields. TWC apparently joked that STL received more hail than we did snow this past winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilstormchaser Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Was out chasing east of St. Louis today. The first tornado warned cell did not look great visually. The wall cloud just could not get it's act together. The picture I took is of a severe warned cell east of St. Louis that had a nice hook on radar when it was taken. You can see the rfd clear slot in the picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Add some more LL shear and that probably would've put down something impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 29, 2012 Author Share Posted April 29, 2012 Edited thread title to include the 29th and 30th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Nice collection of video/news clips of the hail storms in St. Louis. http://kplr11.com/20...heights-storms/ Last one shows car windows exploding from the baseball sized hail pounding Maryland Heights. Edit: Another good video: < Those trees look like there going right through a shredder! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Was out chasing east of St. Louis today. The first tornado warned cell did not look great visually. The wall cloud just could not get it's act together. The picture I took is of a severe warned cell east of St. Louis that had a nice hook on radar when it was taken. You can see the rfd clear slot in the picture. Very nice wall cloud pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 30, 2012 Author Share Posted April 30, 2012 MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0630 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1203 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012 AREAS AFFECTED...FAR SOUTHEAST MO AND WESTERN/NORTHERN KY TO SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF IL/INDIANA CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE VALID 301703Z - 301900Z SEVERE TSTM POTENTIAL SHOULD GRADUALLY INCREASE/DEVELOP EAST-NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH EARLY/MID AFTERNOON...WITH DAMAGING WINDS/SEVERE HAIL THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. A WATCH MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON. EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM A WEAK SURFACE LOW NEAR THE CHICAGO AREA SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS IL INTO NORTH-CENTRAL MO. HOWEVER...A MORE READILY APPARENT FOCUS FOR DEEP CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ALONG AN EASTWARD PROPAGATING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY...WHERE AN INCIPIENT UPSWING IN TSTM DEVELOPMENT HAS RECENTLY OCCURRED ACROSS SOUTHEAST MO BETWEEN POPLAR BLUFF/FARMINGTON AS OF 17Z. AHEAD OF THIS OUTFLOW...THE BOUNDARY LAYER HAS ALREADY BECOME WEAKLY INHIBITED AS FAR NORTH AS THE CONFLUENCE OF THE MS/OH RIVERS AS TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED TO NEAR 80F...AND THIS SAME TREND SHOULD CONTINUE NORTHEASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF KY AND DOWNSTATE PORTIONS OF INDIANA/IL ON THE SOUTHERN FRINGE OF THICKER CLOUD COVER. GIVEN THE LIKELIHOOD OF MODERATE DESTABILIZATION THIS AFTERNOON AMID LOWER 60S F SURFACE DEWPOINTS...ORGANIZED STORM MODES INCLUDING BOWS/SOME SUPERCELLS WILL BE POSSIBLE GIVEN THAT REGION IS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A BELT OF MODERATELY STRONG/LARGELY UNIDIRECTIONAL SOUTHWESTERLY DEEP TROPOSPHERIC FLOW. DAMAGING WINDS/SEVERE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST TSTMS. ..GUYER.. 04/30/2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 30, 2012 Author Share Posted April 30, 2012 New watch for IN/KY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 New watch for IN/KY We barely made it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KokomoWX Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 New watch for IN/KY We barely made it. I am waiting to get excited. Yawn... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 I am waiting to get excited. Yawn... Certainly hasn't been the most exciting Spring in our 'hood. Regardless, I welcome the thunderstorms (EDIT: showers) that are currently on my doorstep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Rent Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Busty bust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 30, 2012 Author Share Posted April 30, 2012 Someone at IWX messed up. There isn't a tornado watch right now A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 30, 2012 Author Share Posted April 30, 2012 PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 446 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012 .TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON .DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE. ..REMARKS.. 0415 PM TSTM WND GST HOPKINSVILLE 36.85N 87.49W 04/30/2012 E70 MPH CHRISTIAN KY EMERGENCY MNGR THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST ESTIMATED 70 MPH. LOCATION WAS AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE BYPASS AND FT. CAMPBELL BLVD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapitalKid Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Tornado Warning for Scott Co., Ky until 9:15 EDT. Potential funnel cloud spotted by law enforcement about 2 miles NNE of Frankfort KY airport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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