Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Softball Size Hail, Wind Destroys Home's Windows


Nearly all of the windows in this Wylie, Texas, home were knocked out by the April 11 hailstorm. (Twitter/@WylieBear1)


Damaging hailstorms were plentiful this spring, impacting metro areas such as Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio (twice), Washington, D.C., Indianapolis, and Lincoln, Nebraska.
Of all the photos from those events, the one above from Wylie, Texas, stands out due to the incredible damage to the home's windows. A combination strong winds and hail to the size of softballs from a lone supercell thunderstorm caused the damage.
(MORE: 10 Craziest Photos of the North Texas Hailstorm)
A day later, the San Antonio metro area was hit hard by what would be the first of two major hailstorms to hit the city in April.
The combined insured losses from the hailstorms April 10-15 in Texas was $2.5 billion, according to meteorologist Steve Bowen. This includes both the April 11 north Texas hailstorm and the April 12 San Antonio storm.

weather.com

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