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Mexican city struck by rare massive hail storm

Posted on 7/1/19 at 5:03 am
Posted by BowDownToLSU
Livingston louisiana
Member since Feb 2010
21863 posts
Posted on 7/1/19 at 5:03 am
Guadalajara had been enjoying a sweaty summer for the past few weeks until the weekend brought a shocking surprise.

The Mexican city woke up Sunday morning to more than 3 feet of ice in some areas after a heavy hailstorm swept through the region.
As government officials scrambled to contain the damage and clear up roads, residents captured jaw-dropping footage of vehicles and residences swallowed by ice
Posted by BowDownToLSU
Livingston louisiana
Member since Feb 2010
21863 posts
Posted on 7/1/19 at 5:04 am to
Posted by Higgysmalls
Ft Lauderdale
Member since Jun 2016
8017 posts
Posted on 7/1/19 at 6:01 am to
WTF
Posted by LSU Tigershark
10,000 posts
Member since Dec 2007
10568 posts
Posted on 7/1/19 at 6:03 am to
Holy hail
Posted by aTmTexas Dillo
East Texas Lake
Member since Sep 2018
24634 posts
Posted on 7/1/19 at 6:04 am to
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Mexican city struck by rare massive hail storm


I see Guadalajara is 5000 feet above sea level. I don't know how much hail they get but I notice that US locations like Denver and Colorado Springs seem to get more hail than we do down here near sea level. I bet hail is common in thunderstorms in the mountains of Mexico. Now a meter of hail, that storm must have been a doozy.
Posted by Kaybaby82
Member since Jun 2019
625 posts
Posted on 7/1/19 at 6:04 am to
That’s wild, it’s probably the first time they’ve ever seen ice from weather.
Posted by tigerbutt
Deep South
Member since Jun 2006
26442 posts
Posted on 7/1/19 at 6:06 am to
I chuckled just seeing the OP made another post just to add the link.
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
76146 posts
Posted on 7/1/19 at 6:18 am to
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I wonder if this car will end up in a Mexican threesome heading even further South. You know you’re in a really shite country if the totaled cars from Mexico come to you.


Posted by shawnlsu
Member since Nov 2011
23682 posts
Posted on 7/1/19 at 7:33 am to
Female cop in 2nd pic could fall on me
Posted by East Coast Band
Member since Nov 2010
66988 posts
Posted on 7/1/19 at 7:35 am to
Is there even a Mexican word for "hail"?
Posted by eScott
Member since Oct 2008
11376 posts
Posted on 7/1/19 at 7:37 am to
It hailed a couple of weeks ago at my house in BR. Nothing close to this but was still weird.
Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
Member since Mar 2013
139214 posts
Posted on 7/1/19 at 7:43 am to
quote:

wonder if this car will end up in a Mexican threesome
Posted by statman34
Member since Feb 2011
3851 posts
Posted on 7/1/19 at 8:09 am to
When that melts it will be the cleanest water they have ever seen in all of Me-hico
Posted by tigerfootball10
Member since Sep 2005
10283 posts
Posted on 7/1/19 at 8:13 am to
That tin roof never had a chance
Posted by chinhoyang
Member since Jun 2011
26227 posts
Posted on 7/1/19 at 8:14 am to
quote:

Is there even a Mexican word for "hail"?


granizo

or the poetic version

enorme hielo que cae del cielo
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
20371 posts
Posted on 7/1/19 at 8:22 am to
"Fix A Dent" people could make a killing down there now.

I had 2 vehicles get bad hail damage when a storm blew through N.O. around 2000. Damn vehicles looked like I parked on a driving range and put a bullseye on them for people to try to hit.

But hell, that is a serious amount of hail to accumulate like that.
Posted by FLObserver
Jacksonville
Member since Nov 2005
16267 posts
Posted on 7/1/19 at 9:32 am to
Being it was mexico i assumed a cocaine filled plane had exploded above the city thus explaining the white powder in the pictures.
Posted by Bucktail1
Member since Feb 2015
3488 posts
Posted on 7/1/19 at 9:34 am to
Yet no hail damage or busted windows on the vehicles, I call BS
Posted by TejasHorn
High Plains Driftin'
Member since Mar 2007
11808 posts
Posted on 7/1/19 at 9:39 am to
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Yet no hail damage or busted windows on the vehicles, I call BS


Hail that accumulates like that is usually dime to quarter size. Comes down like sleet on steroids.
Posted by ctiger69
Member since May 2005
31030 posts
Posted on 7/1/19 at 9:52 am to
Texas better clean up their city.
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