Destructive hail bombards areas near Oklahoma City, Fort Worth, and San Antonio
By Matthew Cappucci The Washington Post,Updated April 30, 2021, 2:39 a.m.
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Cars were damaged after a hail storm hit Fort Worth, San Antonio, and Oklahoma City Wednesday evening.CHRIS LANDSBERGER/THE OKLAHOMAN/Associated Press
One hailstorm is bad enough, but a trio of hailstorms striking three separate metropolitan areas in one night is virtually unheard of. Baseball- to softball-sized hail pummeled parts of Texas and Oklahoma Wednesday night, slamming places around Fort Worth, San Antonio and Oklahoma City, including Norman.
The cost will almost certainly exceed a billion dollars. Hail has historically been the most costly severe weather hazard in the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex, and Wednesday night s storms illustrate why.
by Tyler Durden
Friday, Apr 30, 2021 - 02:48 PM
Residents in Texas and Oklahoma are recovering Friday after major hailstorms battered portions of the states late Wednesday, destroying homes and businesses and automobiles.
AccuWeather forecasters estimate the damage could be more than $3 billion because the devastating storms unleashed large amounts of hail in metro areas, such as Norman, Oklahoma, and San Antonio, and Fort Worth, Texas.
AccuWeather Senior Vice President and Chief Meteorologist Jonathan Porter estimates total damage and economic loss caused by Wednesday night s hailstorms are predicted to be about $3.5 billion. To put the economic toll of these storms into context, Porter continued, AccuWeather s estimate for Hurricane Isaias, a Category 1 storm that struck the Caribbean and moved up the Eastern Seaboard of the U.S. in July and August of 2020, was $3 billion to $5 billion. It is yet another in a series of $1 billion-plus weather disasters.
Destructive hail bombards areas near Oklahoma City, Fort Worth and San Antonio Updated: April 29
Print article One hailstorm is bad enough, but a trio of hailstorms striking three separate metropolitan areas in one night is virtually unheard of. Baseball- to softball-sized hail pummeled parts of Texas and Oklahoma Wednesday night, slamming places around Fort Worth, San Antonio and Oklahoma City, including Norman. The cost will almost certainly exceed a billion dollars. Hail has historically been the most costly severe weather hazard in the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex, and Wednesday night’s storms illustrate why. “It quickly became clear that we were almost certainly facing a billion-dollar event,” wrote Steve Bowen, head of catastrophe insight at Aon Insurance. “Unfortunately, we saw significant hail swaths impact highly exposed areas around San Antonio, Fort Worth, and Norman.”