Apr 29, 2021
Shown is a house with broken windows caused by a hail storm that hit Norman Wednesday. Kyle Phillips / The Transcript
Wednesday nightâs catastrophic hailstorm added to the list of damaging and severe weather events Norman has experienced over the past six months.
The damage done Wednesday night was extensive, residents said. With hail bigger than golf balls ripping through the city and destroying windows, cars and homes, residents described the events of Wednesday night as surreal and frightening.
âIt was so disorientating,â Ward 3 city councilor Alison Petrone said. âThere was this loud vibration of the roof getting pelted with enormous hail. Because it was so loud I assumed that it was a tornado, [so we] went into the storm shelter until it passed.â