TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A quick however sudden hailstorm swept over Gainesville and surrounding areas Friday night.
Video reveals marble-sized hail battering one WFLA viewer’s yard.
In accordance with NOAA, hail is shaped when a thunderstorm’s updraft blows raindrops up into the extraordinarily chilly areas of the environment, the place they freeze into small balls of ice.
Though it might appear backward, hail is definitely extra frequent throughout the spring and summer season months when thunderstorms usually tend to happen.
The scale of the hail that Gainesville had on Friday is unlikely to trigger any critical harm, however the danger will increase with the diameter of the hailstones.
Different states throughout the Southeast additionally skilled some hail yesterday, together with Georgia and the Carolinas.
