Intense storm strikes Calgary
Posted Aug 8, 2014 4:05 pm.
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Another day, another storm bringing with it hail, wind gusts and heavy rain.
Environment Canada issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Calgary and area, which included Airdrie and Okotoks on Friday afternoon.
Meteorologists say the storm was capable of producing dime to nickel size hail, however most of the reports we have received suggests the hail was pea sized in nature.
Reports of hail came in from all around the city.
660’s Justin Slimm who was in Tuscany when the storm hit.
“It blew in out of nowhere” he said. “Sunny one minute and all of a sudden grey clouds and you could start to smell the rain. Then it started to rain at first and the next minute you look the hail starts and it’s coming down furiously”.
Justin said they only saw pea sized hail, while in the northwest community of Hidden Valley there is some localized flooding.
The storm produced much larger hail in Okotoks, as shown in the following video.
