Big Storm!

[JC522]

It passed my area like 20 min ago in the nw pretty much on the edge of the city, the wind was so strong it was shaking my computer desk and when I looked out the window to see why, all I saw was rain. Flash flooding down the street on the low point. Feel bad for the corner house who parked his car outside, it's flooded to just up to the bottom of his front bumper. Light show and thunder still going on though

[alloroc]

Just passed through the far S

Looking at the radar map I think N and W of the city got hit a lot harder than we did.

Might go for a drive tomorrow and see how much wind / hail damage there is in the fields.

Rain was horizontal for a few minutes though.
Scary stuff.

[im2fst4u]

Here is a pic from our bonus room....that hail is about 4 or 5 inches deep and runs 20 to 25 feet into the road.



Holy shit my front doorway!



Sorry for the crappy pics!

[5000Audi]

i got some cell phone video that ima upload shortly

[Sorath]

im in mckenzie lake my alarm went off 5 times and still counting lol

[TC2002]

Warnings

City of Calgary
2:25 AM MDT Monday 3 August 2009
Severe thunderstorm warning for
City of Calgary ended

City of Calgary
2:25 AM MDT Monday 3 August 2009
Severe thunderstorm warning for
City of Calgary ended

Watches

City of Calgary
2:25 AM MDT Monday 3 August 2009
Severe thunderstorm watch for
City of Calgary continued

Persons in or near this area should be on the lookout for adverse weather conditions and take necessary safety precautions.Watch for updated statements.
Please refer to the latest public forecasts for further details and continue to monitor the situation through your local radio and television stations or Weatheradio.

City of Calgary
2:25 AM MDT Monday 3 August 2009
Severe thunderstorm watch for
City of Calgary continued

Persons in or near this area should be on the lookout for adverse weather conditions and take necessary safety precautions.Watch for updated statements.
Please refer to the latest public forecasts for further details and continue to monitor the situation through your local radio and television stations or Weatheradio.

[phil98z24]

I thought the world was going to end out here in Airdrie... one minute sleeping peacefully, the next the wind whipped up and the sky turned purple. That is, until the rain came in sideways with 100 km/h winds and blocked out the sky... which was fine, until the goddamn hail that came down with all the Lord's fury. I feel sorry for the guy with the brand new G8 GT parked outside on the street... I can see the dimples in his sheet metal from here.

[BlackArcher101]

There will be lots of crop damage to the NW. They were reporting 100 km/hr winds and golfball hail at Olds.

Calgary is very lucky that this thing turned into a line the way it did. I'll take wind over very large hail anyday.

Anyways, looks like the action is done with, and there's no Brooks based forum for me to warn. So I'm outta here.... have fun sleeping!

[sr20det]

...so did anyone else soil themselves?

[rage2]

All the flooding's gone. Guess the NW didn't get it as bad as other places. Not even a sign of hail, it's just calm and wet out there.

[SoSimpo]

someone turned super sayian

[88CRX]

Well that was fun..... back to bed.

[eglove]

lol fail commentary, fail @ holding phone the correct way.

[Cody D]

I was standing in the garage watching the craziness when a large fir tree across the street snapped very loudly and crashed onto the neighbours house.

[BlackArcher101]

In case anyone is curious. The lightning strikes peaked at 64/minute.

[forced_eg]

holy crap it took all of 10 minutes to turn shitty, i left my garage when it got super windy, got to the end of the road and it started to rain, got to the end of that road and it started to rain hard, got past 16th ave, on 68th street and my windows fogged up, pulled over to turn on defrost and ac and it was so bad to drive that i had to follow the yellow line in the middle of the road to get home... praying that nobody was doing the same because i couldnt see three feet in front of my car... I HATE RAIN, yes it replenishes the grass and farmers bitch alot less, but it just sucks to try to smoke in your car

[D'z Nutz]

Anyone wanna guess the godawful headline pun the Calgary Sun will have in the morning?

[Kavy]

My buddies are stuck here in Panora because the road is so flooded a minivan is stalled out which mean no go for me.
Both ways out are seriously impassable.
We ran into 3 stuck vehicles and decided to turn home.

[forced_eg]

Originally posted by SoSimpo
someone turned super sayian

[adamc]

"HAIL MARY!"

It'll be something retarded, that's all I got though..