{"id":368056,"date":"2026-10-22T01:24:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T06:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/hail-the-size-of-golf-balls-pummels-parts-of-arizona-as-rare-storm-moves-through-the-west"},"modified":"2026-10-22T01:24:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T06:24:19","slug":"hail-the-size-of-golf-balls-pummels-parts-of-arizona-as-rare-storm-moves-through-the-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/hail-the-size-of-golf-balls-pummels-parts-of-arizona-as-rare-storm-moves-through-the-west","title":{"rendered":"Hail the dimensions of golf balls pummels elements of Arizona as uncommon storm strikes by way of the West"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"prism-article-body\">\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \"><span class=\"oyrPY qlwaB AGxeB \">PHOENIX &#8212; <\/span>Hail the size of golf balls and damaging wind gusts pounded northern and central Arizona in a rare storm blowing through, bringing with it tornado risks and possible flash floods. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The National Weather Service issued multiple warnings as <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/weather?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">severe thunderstorms<\/a> moved through the state overnight Tuesday and into Wednesday, encouraging people to seek shelter and stay away from windows as damaging 2- to 3-inch (5- 7.6-centimeter) hail struck the area. Hail pummeled people&#8217;s roofs, shattered windows and dented cars. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Tornado watches were issued for multiple areas \u2014 the first the state has seen since October 2010. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Warm, moist air moving north fuels storms coming off the California coast. Changing winds can make them spin, creating the conditions for tornadoes, said Ryan Bernhart, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Flagstaff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">\u201cThis is very unusual for this area at this time of the year,\u201d Bernhart said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Strong winds toppled trees in Flagstaff and Mesa, with some landing on walls and carports. A few dozen ponderosa pines over 30 feet (9 meters) tall fell down in the Coconino National Forest, northwest of Flagstaff. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">\u201cThese are not small trees that are down,&#8221; Bernhart said. \u201cThese are pretty strong trees that had been knocked down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The greatest threat to the Phoenix metro area is heavy rainfall and flash flooding tonight and Thursday morning, said Mark O\u2019Malley, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in Phoenix.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Jessica Hill reported from Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/US\/wireStory\/hail-size-golf-balls-pummels-parts-arizona-rare-137462948\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHOENIX &#8212; Hail the size of golf balls and damaging wind gusts pounded northern and central Arizona in a rare storm blowing through, bringing with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":368059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1962,101,28662,40607,42353,171,9558,7043,10122,5664,42354],"class_list":["post-368056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-arizona","tag-california","tag-california-coast","tag-central-arizona","tag-coconino-nationwide-forest","tag-las-vegas","tag-mark","tag-nationwide-climate-service","tag-northern-arizona","tag-phoenix","tag-ryan-bernhart"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368056"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":368058,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368056\/revisions\/368058"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}