Hailstones up to 6 cm in diameter caused extensive damage in Yuzhnoukrainsk town. A violent hailstorm hit areas in Mykolayivska province, southern Ukraine. Violent hailstorm with hail up to 6 cm in diameter caused damage in Düzce province, northwestern Turkey. Extensive damage to crops, windows, roofs, cars and facades of houses was observed. Supercell produced wind-driven hail with diameter up to 6 cm over central and east Serbia. Hodoš village was worst hit by hailstones up to 6cm in diameter, destroying roof tiles. On the same day, a violent hailstorm hit villages in the northern parts of Bihor County in western Romania. Car rear windows and roof tiles were smashed by hailstones up to 6cm in diameter. Supercells produced very large hail over Uzhhorod town and Irshava district in Zakarpatska province, southwestern Ukraine. Hail up to 6 cm in diameter was observed. Violent, wind-driven hailstorm from supercell damaged roofs, facades and windows in Furth im Wald town in Bayern state, southeastern Germany, and along the Czech-German border. Hail up to 10 cm in diameter hit Grabovec town, damaging cars. Another supercell hit the districts of Karlovačka, Zagrebačka and Krapinsko-Zagorska in central and northern Croatia. Hundreds of cars, roofs and solar panels were seriously damaged. The town of Črnomelj in southern Slovenia was particularly hit as supercell produced hail up to 12 cm in diameter. Two very severe hailstorms occurred in Slovenia and Croatia. Very large hail up to 8 cm in diameter damaged cars. A right-moving supercell brought violent hailstorm to the town of Noceto in Emilia-Romagna province, northern Italy. Six people were injured in Muratbeyli village as 6 cm large hailstones smashed car rear windows and roof tiles. Severe hailstorms hit Samsun province, northern Turkey. On the same day, very large hail, up to 7 cm in diameter was also reported from Piemonte province, northwestern Italy. Hail up to 6 cm in diameter was reported. Violent thunderstorms hit the regions of Aquitaine and Poitou-Charentes in southwestern France with a 100 km long hailswath originating near Bordeaux and devastating vineyards in the area. Cars, roofs and fruit plantations were damaged by the storm. Hailstorm hit the town of Garciaz in Extremadura province, southwestern Spain, with hailstones up to 7 cm in diameter. Extensive damage to cars and trees was reported from the town of Pleven. Very large hail hit several villages and towns within a 120 km long path tracking through the districts of Vraza and Pleven in northwestern Bulgaria with hailstones up to 7 cm in diameter. Very large hail was recorded in the districts of Lendava, Murska Sobota, Gornja Radgona and Ljutomer in northeastern Slovenia, with hailstones up to 6 cm in diameter. An isolated supercell cut a 220 km long hailswath across the regions of Mazowieckie and Podlaskie in northeastern Poland with hail up to 5 cm in diameter. Colour of dots represents the maximum observed hail diameter with each event. Environments of damaging hailstorms over Europe in 2018 (dots) compared to the relative frequency of hail > 5 cm (colour bar) as a function of CAPE and 0-6 km bulk shear based on Pucik et al (2015). The hail swath on that day ( 40 km ) was much shorter compared to long-lived hailstorms of 1 May in Poland ( 220 km ) or the hailstorm of 30 June in southern Russia ( 200 km ).įig. The largest hail size was observed on 8 June 2018, when the town of Črnomelj, Slovenia was hit by giant hail up to 12 cm in diameter, destroying hundreds of roofs and cars. The spatial distributions of these major hail events and associated hail sizes can be found in in Fig. Each year there are a number of such events when hail of this size occurs across Europe and this year, 2018, was no exception.īy looking at the ESWD dataset, we found 26 days, when hail exceeded 5 cm and caused significant damage to the properties. Hail damage to properties, such as cars, roofs and windows, becomes substantial when the diameter of hailstones approaches and exceeds 5 cm. Report by Munich RE shows that damage of individual events can exceed billions of dollars as the risk has increased in the past decades. Severe hailstorms can cause extensive economic damage to both crops and properties.
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