{"id":134,"date":"2016-04-13T18:38:28","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T22:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/codykirkpatrick.com\/blog\/?p=134"},"modified":"2016-04-13T18:56:33","modified_gmt":"2016-04-13T22:56:33","slug":"big-hail-near-dallas-april-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/codykirkpatrick.com\/blog\/big-hail-near-dallas-april-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Big hail near Dallas, April 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A major hail event occurred in the north suburbs of Dallas on Monday, April 11.\u00a0 Some media I thought worth saving are captured below.\u00a0 [Reminders: more than anything, this is archive of images and links that I might use in future classes.\u00a0 I may add more later, or delete some of these.\u00a0 If you have any sources that you think complete or improve on this set, please do share.]<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start with the geography of the event:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"474\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Several hail and thunderstorm wind reports from Monday&#39;s storms. The largest hail was 4.25&quot; in Wylie. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/dfwwx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#dfwwx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/txwx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#txwx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0URR5cCKqW\">pic.twitter.com\/0URR5cCKqW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NWS Fort Worth (@NWSFortWorth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWSFortWorth\/status\/719771728327483392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Severe Thunderstorm Warning that included Wylie, focus of some of the videos below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"474\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">547 PM: Hail up to baseballs moving into Frisco, Allen, N Plano areas (Collin Co). Take shelter NOW! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/dfwwx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#dfwwx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/txwx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#txwx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bjG8vXo4Dz\">pic.twitter.com\/bjG8vXo4Dz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NWS Fort Worth (@NWSFortWorth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWSFortWorth\/status\/719658359306063872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Videos<\/h4>\n<p>Slow-motion video of baseball or softball hail crashing into a pool:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"474\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Another insane <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/hail?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#hail<\/a> video from Wylie, Texas on 4\/11\/16 in meteor storm-like slow motion (via @CBSDFW) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BckmCjAPaX\">pic.twitter.com\/BckmCjAPaX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sam Shamburger (@shamnadoes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shamnadoes\/status\/720085763803713536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Additional good ones:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Video of golf- to tennis-ball sized hail falling in Wylie, TX:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WylieFireRescue\/status\/719663655176900608\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/WylieFireRescue\/status\/719663655176900608<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Do not stand near windows during a hailstorm!\u00a0 Ever!\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBS11Andrea\/status\/719672304582533120\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBS11Andrea\/status\/719672304582533120<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Photos<\/h4>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know how big this person&#8217;s hand is, but does it really matter?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"474\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Insane hail stones in Wylie, TX yesterday via Kristin Baxter <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Rsy142MtOP\">pic.twitter.com\/Rsy142MtOP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rob Marciano (@RobMarciano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobMarciano\/status\/719851107548323840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Additional good ones:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Holes punched in the yard:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Saulgarzafox4\/status\/719887960980611075\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Saulgarzafox4\/status\/719887960980611075<\/a><\/li>\n<li>One of these days, a traffic jam caused by this stupidity will lead to fatalities.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve watched way too many episodes of &#8220;Cops&#8221; to know that parking anywhere near an interstate is idiotic:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Fox4Weather\/status\/719656271620608000\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Fox4Weather\/status\/719656271620608000<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Meteorology<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The focusing mechanism for convection: a surface low, frontal boundary and dryline.\u00a0 The WPC&#8217;s surface analysis at 1800 UTC:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/codykirkpatrick.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/namussfc2016041118.gif\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-141\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-141\" src=\"https:\/\/codykirkpatrick.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/namussfc2016041118-300x225.gif\" alt=\"namussfc2016041118\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/cgi-bin-spc\/getuadata.pl?MyDate1=160411&amp;Time1=12&amp;MyDate2=160412&amp;Time2=00&amp;align=V&amp;Levels=All\" target=\"_blank\">full complement of upper air charts<\/a> for 1200 UTC (11th) and 0000 UTC (12th) is available via the Storm Prediction Center&#8217;s archive.<\/li>\n<li>A 9-h forecast sounding from the 4km NAM for 2100 UTC (model initialized at 1200 UTC).\u00a0 Over 3000 J\/kg of CAPE, no matter how you calculate it!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/codykirkpatrick.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/nam4km_2016041112_009_32.91-96.14.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-135\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-135\" src=\"https:\/\/codykirkpatrick.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/nam4km_2016041112_009_32.91-96.14-300x203.png\" alt=\"nam4km_2016041112_009_32.91--96.14\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/codykirkpatrick.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/nam4km_2016041112_009_32.91-96.14-300x203.png 300w, https:\/\/codykirkpatrick.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/nam4km_2016041112_009_32.91-96.14-768x521.png 768w, https:\/\/codykirkpatrick.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/nam4km_2016041112_009_32.91-96.14-1024x694.png 1024w, https:\/\/codykirkpatrick.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/nam4km_2016041112_009_32.91-96.14.png 1180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>And if model soundings aren&#8217;t your thing, the observed, pre-event FWD sounding at 1800 UTC.\u00a0 But note that in this case, there&#8217;s a 2500 J\/kg difference between surface-based and mixed-layer CAPE; the high surface dewpoint may be anomalous.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/codykirkpatrick.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/FWD.gif\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-136\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-136\" src=\"https:\/\/codykirkpatrick.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/FWD-300x210.gif\" alt=\"FWD\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/codykirkpatrick.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/FWD-300x210.gif 300w, https:\/\/codykirkpatrick.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/FWD-768x538.gif 768w, https:\/\/codykirkpatrick.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/FWD-1024x717.gif 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A regional radar loop that honestly isn&#8217;t that breathtaking, but illustrates the isolated supercell nature of this hail producer.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/codykirkpatrick.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/dfw_hail.gif\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-139\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-139\" src=\"https:\/\/codykirkpatrick.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/dfw_hail-300x225.gif\" alt=\"dfw_hail\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/codykirkpatrick.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/dfw_hail-300x225.gif 300w, https:\/\/codykirkpatrick.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/dfw_hail-768x576.gif 768w, https:\/\/codykirkpatrick.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/dfw_hail-1024x768.gif 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>At one point, about 2200 UTC, the storm had a textbook high-precipitation supercell look.\u00a0 Upper left and color bar: reflectivity at the lowest elevation angle.\u00a0 Lower left: storm-relative velocity.\u00a0 Upper-right: VIL (the scale maxes out at 80 kg\/m2, but I found a value of 121!!!).\u00a0 Lower right: radar-estimated maximum hail size, with one pixel indicating 2.98-inch size.\u00a0 Probably one too many significant figures there, but I digress.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/codykirkpatrick.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/kfws_20160411_2202.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-142\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-142\" src=\"https:\/\/codykirkpatrick.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/kfws_20160411_2202-300x225.png\" alt=\"kfws_20160411_2202\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/codykirkpatrick.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/kfws_20160411_2202-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/codykirkpatrick.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/kfws_20160411_2202-768x577.png 768w, https:\/\/codykirkpatrick.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/kfws_20160411_2202-1024x769.png 1024w, https:\/\/codykirkpatrick.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/kfws_20160411_2202.png 1368w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A major hail event occurred in the north suburbs of Dallas on Monday, April 11.\u00a0 Some media I thought worth saving are captured below.\u00a0 [Reminders: more than anything, this is archive of images and links that I might use in future classes.\u00a0 I may add more later, or delete some of these.\u00a0 If you have &hellip; 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