4 feet of hail in Texas? Reports, photos cause quite a storm

[MindMover]

Sure, everything's bigger in Texas. But 4 feet of hail from one storm? That's what the National Weather Service, the Texas Department of Transportation and a local sheriff say happened Wednesday in an area north of Amarillo when hail piled up in drifts so wide they cut off a major highway.

The National Weather Service office in Amarillo even posted a photo on its Facebook page, but that wasn't enough to convince skeptics.

"Serious do not think this is 100% hail!!!" commented one person.

"It's a lite dusting of hail on some damn rocks," said another person, referring to the image of a firefighter standing next to what could be taken for boulders.

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[struggle4progress]

1. Rain, floodflooding -- and lots of hail, that fell with the rain, was transported by flashfloods

Seems to be conglomerate formed as ice-water receded from hail transported by the flashfloods

[WolverineDG]

2. Happened a couple of weeks ago in the McAllen area too

The fire department actually had to rescue people whose cars got stuck in drifts of hail.

People had windows shattered & cars damaged due to all the hail they got.

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