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Storms Bring Ping Pong Ball Size Hail, Power Outages; And Here’s How Much It Rained
February 9, 2021
Hail was reported across the North Escambia area early Tuesday morning as storms moved through. There were also numerous power outages.
A NorthEscambia.com reader sent us this photo of hail that fell on Howell Road off Highway 97 in Walnut Hill about 3:10 a.m. Meteorologists with the National Weather Service in Mobile said the hail pictured is up to ping pong ball size, about 1.5 inches.
The ping pong ball size hail did damage an outdoor light, barn light, a horse trailer and vehicles on Howell Road.
NorthEscambia.com received reports of hail across the area — from Walnut Hill, Bratt, Century, Jay (confirmed quarter size), McDavid, Atmore, Flomaton, Pollard and more.
During the 12 a.m. hour, about 3,300 Escambia River Electric Cooperative customers lost power due the prolific lightning. That’s about 30% of all EREC customers. All but a handful had power restored within about an hour.
The weather station at Northview High School in Bratt recorded 1.7 inches of rain. Other rain totals as of 8:30 a.m. Tuesday were:
University of West Florida 1.36 inches
Washington High School 0.76 inches
West Florida High School 0.72 inches
Tate High School 0.61 inches
Escambia High School 0.44 inches
Pensacola High School 0.38 inches
Pine Forest High School (gauge was not working)
Photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
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4 Responses to “Storms Bring Ping Pong Ball Size Hail, Power Outages; And Here’s How Much It Rained”
The weather station at my house said we got 1.25 inches. I was woke up around 3 am
Around 11pm here in Gonzalez, I did not go outside, but it sounded really loud on the window. I think it may have been pea sized hail.
Ellyson Field area off Scenic Hwy… 1.65 inches.
According to the weather station here at the house we got a total of 1.03 inches of rain, 0.13 before midnight and 0.90 after midnight, with the heaviest rainfall rate of 1.77 inches per hour between 3:39 and 3:44 AM this morning. The information from my station and several others is available to the public on the Weather Underground network. There are four stations in the Walnut Hill area, and a couple in the Flomaton area, one west of town and the other east of town, these stations are usually online 24 hours a day, but some times they will be off line because of loss of power or internet service.