Pieces of trees litter a camping/picnic pad the morning after an intense downburst struck Ord, containing measured severe gusts and marginally severe hail. The wind-driven hailstones shredded vegetation, including leaves and adjoining twigs in overhead trees. Though such effects are common after hailstorms, it’s uncommon to see them the next morning basically as deposited, without being removed by rainwater runoff, wind or people.
Ord NE (4 Jun 20) Looking S
41.6077, -98.9388Morning after Downburst Hail
Pieces of trees litter a camping/picnic pad the morning after an intense downburst struck Ord, containing measured severe gusts and marginally severe hail. The wind-driven hailstones shredded vegetation, including leaves and adjoining twigs in overhead trees. Though such effects are common after hailstorms, it’s uncommon to see them the next morning basically as deposited, without being removed by rainwater runoff, wind or people.
Ord NE (4 Jun 20) Looking S
41.6077, -98.9388