Two consecutive hailstorms in Thua Thien-Hue, the ball is the size of a palm

Talking to VietNamNet tonight, Mr. Nguyen Manh Hung, Chairman of A Luoi District People’s Committee said that there had just been two hail storms in the area.

“Local authorities are closely monitoring weather developments and planning warning plans for people. Fortunately, the hailstorms that appeared have not caused great damage to properties,” said A Luoi district chairman.

Hail continuously appeared in the mountainous district of A Luoi. Photo: I’m Pa Co

Mr. Phan Thanh Hung – Chief of Office of the Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention and Control of TT-Hue province said that two consecutive hailstorms occurred in the area of ​​Red Bot, A Luoi town and Bac Son, Dong Son, and Huong Lam communes (District A). Net).

The first match occurred between 14:50 and 14:57 and the second match lasted 4 minutes, from 15:02 to 15:06 this afternoon. The largest size of hailstones is 23mm, the smallest size is 5mm. The average weight of hailstones is about 0.6 grams. Accompanied by hail, the strongest gust is 15m/s, the average wind is 10m/s.

A resident in Huong Lam commune said that while at home, there was a thunderstorm with thunder. Right after that, the stone shot continuously into the corrugated iron roof, even on the porch, the stone was the size of a finger.

A Luoi people pick up stones after they shoot them on the roof and garden. Photo: I’m Pa Co

According to the Chief of Office of the Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention and Control, TT-Hue Province, hail formed from convective clouds. Through monitoring on weather radar images and monitoring data, it showed that convective clouds developed causing thunderstorms in A Luoi and Nam Dong districts (TT-Hue province).

“The North and North Central regions often experience hail in the months of March – April and September – October, when the weather changes from cold to hot and vice versa.

The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting also warned tonight and tomorrow, cold air will overwhelm the North and North Central region. Because the area’s temperature is high, common at 32-34 degrees, it is easy to cause conflicts, causing extreme weather phenomena such as cyclones, lightning, and hail, “said Mr. Hung.

Quang Thanh