Oh, Hail. Not Again.
Wednesday system delivers Kingfisher its second round of damaging hail in 10 days
Kingfisher County avoided the tornadic weather Wednesday that hit other parts of the state.
But it didn’t avoid severe weather altogether.
A hail storm made its way through at least parts of Kingfisher about 6:45 p.m.
It’s the second hail storm to hit the city in less than two weeks.
The first occurred on April 10.
There were two bouts of hail that evening.
This week’s storm didn’t bring the same volume of hail, but there were reports of larger stones.
Some measured more than two inches in diameter. For reference, a golf ball is just under 1.7 inches.
On top of the usual damaged rooftops and dented cars that come with these storms, there were also multiple reports of damage to pools as well as broken windows in cars and homes.
With it being early in the “storm season” roofers hadn’t even begun work to make repairs from the city’s first storm.
Jon Friesen, the city’s community development director and building inspector, said only two roofing permits had been submitted to his office prior to Thursday.
There were no reports of major damage to any city or Kingfisher Public Schools property.
School Superintendent David Glover said the district’s roofs were set to be inspected this week to survey the damaged suffered.
Though damaging, the brief storm brought little to no rain relief.
Steve Loftis reported no precipitation at his weather station.
Other reports inside and just west of Kingfisher showed as much as .2 to .3 inch received.
Relief may come this week.
The National Weather Service projects high temperatures this week to be in the mid- to high-50s with chances of rain almost every day beginning Sunday.