Hail appears in the mountains of Thua Thien Hue

In the afternoon, a thunderstorm struck many communes in the mountainous district of A Luoi. At approximately 2:50 p.m., hail began to appear in the communes of Dong Son and Huong Lam, which lasted for 7 minutes. At 15:02, the hail continued for 4 minutes.

Trang, from Huong Lam commune, said he was at home when there was a thunderstorm accompanied by thunder. Soon after, the rocks continued to slide onto the corrugated tin roof, even hitting the floor of the house. The stone was the size of a finger. “28 years in my life, I saw hail for the first time,” said Ms. Trang.

According to the A Luoi Meteorological Station, the two hailstorms were a few minutes apart, occurring over a short period of time with strong gusts of 10-15 m/s (levels 6-7). The largest hail particle size is 2.3 cm, the smallest is 0.05 cm.

Some areas of maize and rice residents in the communes of Huong Lam and Dong Son were damaged by hail.

Hail appears in the mountains of Thua Thien Hue

Mr Phan Thanh Hung, Head of Thua Thien Hue Province Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue Command Committee Office, said hail is formed from convective clouds (clouds that develop vertically, formed by rising air currents during atmospheric convection). Through monitoring weather radar imagery, it was shown that convective clouds developed causing thunderstorms in A Luoi and Nam Dong districts.

The North Central and North Central regions experience frequent hail in April, April and November, when the weather changes from cold to hot and vice versa.

The National Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting Center also warned that tonight and tomorrow, cold air will overwhelm the North and Central North regions. Since the temperature in the area is high, usually at 32-34 degrees, it is easy to conflict, causing extreme weather phenomena such as hurricanes, lightning and hail.

Vo Thanh

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