Severe storms bring rain, high winds and hail to central Alberta
RED DEER — Severe thunderstorms moved through parts of Alberta on Friday bringing, rain, strong winds and hail in many areas.
Environment Canada Meteorologist Heather Pimiskern says these storms were produced along a cold front and generally moved eastward in the region between Edmonton and Calgary.
“Some of them were quite severe, we had hail reports in a number of regions,” says Pimiskern. “The largest size of hail that we received was baseball to softball in Ponoka around 6:00 p.m. last evening. But the size of hail ranged anywhere from nickel up to the baseball – softball sized.”
Other communities reporting hail on Friday included Crestomere with loonie sized hail, Alix – golf ball to tennis ball sized, Stettler – ping pong ball sized, Vermillion – golf ball sized, Bowden – golf ball sized, Trochu – walnut sized and nickel sized hail found in Olds.