Gargantuan hail in Argentina

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Kumjian, Matthew R.; Gutierrez, Rachel; Soderholm, Joshua S.; Nesbitt, Stephen William; Maldonado, Paula Soledad; Luna, Lorena Medina; Marquis, James; Bowley, Kevin A.; Alvarez Imaz, María de Los Milagros; Salio, Paola Veronica
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2020
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On 8 February 2018, a supercell storm produced gargantuan (>15 cm or >6 in. in maximum dimension) hail as it moved over the heavily populated city of Villa Carlos Paz in Córdoba Province, Argentina. Observations of gargantuan hail are quite rare, but the large population density here yielded numerous witnesses and social media pictures and videos from this event that document multiple large hailstones. The storm was also sampled by the newly installed operational polarimetric C-band radar in Córdoba. During the RELAMPAGO campaign, the authors interviewed local residents about their accounts of the storm and uncovered additional social media video and photographs revealing extremely large hail at multiple locations in town. This article documents the case, including the meteorological conditions supporting the storm (with the aid of a high-resolution WRF simulation), the storm's observed radar signatures, and three noteworthy hailstones observed by residents. These hailstones include a freezer-preserved 4.48-in. (11.38 cm) maximum dimension stone that was scanned with a 3D infrared laser scanner, a 7.1-in. (18 cm) maximum dimension stone, and a hailstone photogrammetrically estimated to be between 7.4 and 9.3 in. (18.8-23.7 cm) in maximum dimension, which is close to or exceeds the world record for maximum dimension. Such a well-observed case is an important step forward in understanding environments and storms that produce gargantuan hail, and ultimately how to anticipate and detect such extreme events.
Fil: Kumjian, Matthew R.. State University of Pennsylvania; Estados Unidos
Fil: Gutierrez, Rachel. State University of Pennsylvania; Estados Unidos
Fil: Soderholm, Joshua S.. Universitat Bonn; Alemania
Fil: Nesbitt, Stephen William. University of Illinois at Urbana; Estados Unidos
Fil: Maldonado, Paula Soledad. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera; Argentina
Fil: Luna, Lorena Medina. National Center for Atmospheric Research; Estados Unidos
Fil: Marquis, James. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Estados Unidos
Fil: Bowley, Kevin A.. State University of Pennsylvania; Estados Unidos
Fil: Alvarez Imaz, María de Los Milagros. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera; Argentina
Fil: Salio, Paola Veronica. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera; Argentina
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spelling Gargantuan hail in ArgentinaKumjian, Matthew R.Gutierrez, RachelSoderholm, Joshua S.Nesbitt, Stephen WilliamMaldonado, Paula SoledadLuna, Lorena MedinaMarquis, JamesBowley, Kevin A.Alvarez Imaz, María de Los MilagrosSalio, Paola Veronicafenomenos severosgranizo gigantehttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1On 8 February 2018, a supercell storm produced gargantuan (>15 cm or >6 in. in maximum dimension) hail as it moved over the heavily populated city of Villa Carlos Paz in Córdoba Province, Argentina. Observations of gargantuan hail are quite rare, but the large population density here yielded numerous witnesses and social media pictures and videos from this event that document multiple large hailstones. The storm was also sampled by the newly installed operational polarimetric C-band radar in Córdoba. During the RELAMPAGO campaign, the authors interviewed local residents about their accounts of the storm and uncovered additional social media video and photographs revealing extremely large hail at multiple locations in town. This article documents the case, including the meteorological conditions supporting the storm (with the aid of a high-resolution WRF simulation), the storm's observed radar signatures, and three noteworthy hailstones observed by residents. These hailstones include a freezer-preserved 4.48-in. (11.38 cm) maximum dimension stone that was scanned with a 3D infrared laser scanner, a 7.1-in. (18 cm) maximum dimension stone, and a hailstone photogrammetrically estimated to be between 7.4 and 9.3 in. (18.8-23.7 cm) in maximum dimension, which is close to or exceeds the world record for maximum dimension. Such a well-observed case is an important step forward in understanding environments and storms that produce gargantuan hail, and ultimately how to anticipate and detect such extreme events.Fil: Kumjian, Matthew R.. State University of Pennsylvania; Estados UnidosFil: Gutierrez, Rachel. State University of Pennsylvania; Estados UnidosFil: Soderholm, Joshua S.. Universitat Bonn; AlemaniaFil: Nesbitt, Stephen William. University of Illinois at Urbana; Estados UnidosFil: Maldonado, Paula Soledad. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera; ArgentinaFil: Luna, Lorena Medina. National Center for Atmospheric Research; Estados UnidosFil: Marquis, James. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Estados UnidosFil: Bowley, Kevin A.. State University of Pennsylvania; Estados UnidosFil: Alvarez Imaz, María de Los Milagros. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera; ArgentinaFil: Salio, Paola Veronica. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera; ArgentinaAmer Meteorological Soc2020-04info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/143884Kumjian, Matthew R.; Gutierrez, Rachel; Soderholm, Joshua S.; Nesbitt, Stephen William; Maldonado, Paula Soledad; et al.; Gargantuan hail in Argentina; Amer Meteorological Soc; Bulletin of The American Meteorological Society; 101; 8; 4-2020; E1241-E12580003-00071520-0477CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/101/8/bamsD190012.xmlinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0012.1info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-10-22T11:42:26Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/143884instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-10-22 11:42:26.662CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Gargantuan hail in Argentina
title Gargantuan hail in Argentina
spellingShingle Gargantuan hail in Argentina
Kumjian, Matthew R.
fenomenos severos
granizo gigante
title_short Gargantuan hail in Argentina
title_full Gargantuan hail in Argentina
title_fullStr Gargantuan hail in Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Gargantuan hail in Argentina
title_sort Gargantuan hail in Argentina
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Kumjian, Matthew R.
Gutierrez, Rachel
Soderholm, Joshua S.
Nesbitt, Stephen William
Maldonado, Paula Soledad
Luna, Lorena Medina
Marquis, James
Bowley, Kevin A.
Alvarez Imaz, María de Los Milagros
Salio, Paola Veronica
author Kumjian, Matthew R.
author_facet Kumjian, Matthew R.
Gutierrez, Rachel
Soderholm, Joshua S.
Nesbitt, Stephen William
Maldonado, Paula Soledad
Luna, Lorena Medina
Marquis, James
Bowley, Kevin A.
Alvarez Imaz, María de Los Milagros
Salio, Paola Veronica
author_role author
author2 Gutierrez, Rachel
Soderholm, Joshua S.
Nesbitt, Stephen William
Maldonado, Paula Soledad
Luna, Lorena Medina
Marquis, James
Bowley, Kevin A.
Alvarez Imaz, María de Los Milagros
Salio, Paola Veronica
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv fenomenos severos
granizo gigante
topic fenomenos severos
granizo gigante
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv On 8 February 2018, a supercell storm produced gargantuan (>15 cm or >6 in. in maximum dimension) hail as it moved over the heavily populated city of Villa Carlos Paz in Córdoba Province, Argentina. Observations of gargantuan hail are quite rare, but the large population density here yielded numerous witnesses and social media pictures and videos from this event that document multiple large hailstones. The storm was also sampled by the newly installed operational polarimetric C-band radar in Córdoba. During the RELAMPAGO campaign, the authors interviewed local residents about their accounts of the storm and uncovered additional social media video and photographs revealing extremely large hail at multiple locations in town. This article documents the case, including the meteorological conditions supporting the storm (with the aid of a high-resolution WRF simulation), the storm's observed radar signatures, and three noteworthy hailstones observed by residents. These hailstones include a freezer-preserved 4.48-in. (11.38 cm) maximum dimension stone that was scanned with a 3D infrared laser scanner, a 7.1-in. (18 cm) maximum dimension stone, and a hailstone photogrammetrically estimated to be between 7.4 and 9.3 in. (18.8-23.7 cm) in maximum dimension, which is close to or exceeds the world record for maximum dimension. Such a well-observed case is an important step forward in understanding environments and storms that produce gargantuan hail, and ultimately how to anticipate and detect such extreme events.
Fil: Kumjian, Matthew R.. State University of Pennsylvania; Estados Unidos
Fil: Gutierrez, Rachel. State University of Pennsylvania; Estados Unidos
Fil: Soderholm, Joshua S.. Universitat Bonn; Alemania
Fil: Nesbitt, Stephen William. University of Illinois at Urbana; Estados Unidos
Fil: Maldonado, Paula Soledad. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera; Argentina
Fil: Luna, Lorena Medina. National Center for Atmospheric Research; Estados Unidos
Fil: Marquis, James. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Estados Unidos
Fil: Bowley, Kevin A.. State University of Pennsylvania; Estados Unidos
Fil: Alvarez Imaz, María de Los Milagros. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera; Argentina
Fil: Salio, Paola Veronica. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera; Argentina
description On 8 February 2018, a supercell storm produced gargantuan (>15 cm or >6 in. in maximum dimension) hail as it moved over the heavily populated city of Villa Carlos Paz in Córdoba Province, Argentina. Observations of gargantuan hail are quite rare, but the large population density here yielded numerous witnesses and social media pictures and videos from this event that document multiple large hailstones. The storm was also sampled by the newly installed operational polarimetric C-band radar in Córdoba. During the RELAMPAGO campaign, the authors interviewed local residents about their accounts of the storm and uncovered additional social media video and photographs revealing extremely large hail at multiple locations in town. This article documents the case, including the meteorological conditions supporting the storm (with the aid of a high-resolution WRF simulation), the storm's observed radar signatures, and three noteworthy hailstones observed by residents. These hailstones include a freezer-preserved 4.48-in. (11.38 cm) maximum dimension stone that was scanned with a 3D infrared laser scanner, a 7.1-in. (18 cm) maximum dimension stone, and a hailstone photogrammetrically estimated to be between 7.4 and 9.3 in. (18.8-23.7 cm) in maximum dimension, which is close to or exceeds the world record for maximum dimension. Such a well-observed case is an important step forward in understanding environments and storms that produce gargantuan hail, and ultimately how to anticipate and detect such extreme events.
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