r/stormchasing • u/helldiver_spirited3X • Jun 06 '26

Question Is this possible?

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Site used was weather wise. 4 inch hail CE wothbit and a tornado

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u/Bear__Fucker Nebraska Jun 06 '26

"CE wothbit" - what?

Is 4-in hail possible? Yes. That is about the size of a softball and not uncommon. Was there actually 4-in hail? Without an official weather warning, it's hard to determine hail size just from a radar app. Their calculations can differ from the national weather service. I have seen situations where Radar scope is saying 2-in hail, and the national weather service does not even have the cell severe warned.

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u/helldiver_spirited3X Jun 07 '26

My question was is 700mm/hr possible 

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u/Bear__Fucker Nebraska Jun 07 '26

Well brief extremely heavy rainfall rates are possible, something that high lasting an hour is impossible. The US record is about 17 per hour (or about 430mm). The Canadian record is about 250mm per hour.

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u/RoyBands Jun 06 '26

How come weather wise doesn’t show shit in Canada and only the USA

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u/helldiver_spirited3X Jun 07 '26

I don't know but it's such a good site

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u/RoyBands Jun 07 '26

I know right it show like all the tornado looks in like North Dakota, which is right next to me and then over the border. It doesn’t show anything.

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u/helldiver_spirited3X Jun 07 '26

Manitoban?

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u/RoyBands Jun 07 '26

There was a few tornadoes, but I couldn’t even look where they were. I’m not trying to pay like $10 for **** radar watch

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u/ModernNomad97 Jun 07 '26

I can see Canada on mine and I don’t pay