June 22, 2008
Blacksburg, Virginia
Photographer states :: This hail storm ripped through our town shortly before 9pm Sunday evening shredding plants and knocking birds out of trees. The dime-sized hail was more than 2" thick on the ground in some places.
June 22, 2008
Blacksburg, Virginia
Photographer states :: This hail storm ripped through our town shortly before 9pm Sunday evening shredding plants and knocking birds out of trees. The dime-sized hail was more than 2
Noted in the picture below, the ball of hail at the right upper corner of the USA dollar has a flat bottom. That indicates the force with which the hail had landed. A solidly frozen ice ball that large was falling with the force of gravity. It could have done damage if it hit any 'living' thing on Earth.
June 23, 2008
Galena, Kansas
Photographer states :: This hail is from a storm that hit at 1:20am 6/23/2008
June 12, 2008
Columbus, MI
Photographer states :: First Day of Summer Haboob Southern Luna County, NM
By Jason Gibbs Sun-News reporter
Article Launched: 06/21/2008 12:00:00 AM MDT
LAS CRUCES — The lazy days of summer are off to a hazy start.
Smoke and dust that moved Friday into the Mesilla Valley likely will linger throughout today — the first official day of summer.
The brown cloud, which also blanketed El Paso, was ushered into the area early Friday morning after a weak storm front pushed down from the Great Plains, said Dave Novlan, a forecaster with the National Weather Service in Santa Teresa.
"It's dust and smoke," Novlan said. "The dust is due to a weak (storm) front and, as it comes down the Great Plains and east of the (Sacramento Mountains), it picks up some dust and it picked up some smoke from the Rocky Fire."
The Rocky Fire is burning roughly 35 miles west of Carlsbad and was started by a lightning strike June 17. It has grown to 20,000 acres, according to the New Mexico Fire Information Web site.
An increasing chance of rain today, combined with normal wind patterns, should blow the bulk of smoke out by Sunday morning.
"We'll stay hazy through (Saturday) because we will have east winds," Novlan said.
He said no air quality alerts had been issued as of Friday afternoon.
"I think it's light to moderate impact," he said. "People who are sensitive or with asthma
