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1956 Hail Storm: Sunday December 23rd
Posted: Mon 12/12/2016 12:16
by Orion
I thought this account of a severe hail storm in Canterbury on December 23 1956 might be of interest: there are diagrams of the path of the storm, descriptions of the event, and details of damage resulting.
http://www.nzjf.org/free_issues/NZJF07_ ... 4A91DC.pdf
Re: 1956 Hail Storm: Sunday December 23rd
Posted: Mon 12/12/2016 13:39
by Richard
Interesting reading
Re: 1956 Hail Storm: Sunday December 23rd
Posted: Mon 12/12/2016 21:33
by NZ Thunderstorm Soc
It would of been interesting to see the sequence of events leading up to this with today's standards of forecasting.
Re: 1956 Hail Storm: Sunday December 23rd
Posted: Tue 13/12/2016 06:28
by NZstorm
Unfortunately there are not many papers on line about notable NZ weather events.
An online paper of a severe hail/wind storm over west Auckland 4 November 1984 which did approx $4 mil damage to horticulture (about 10mil in today's money). Written by the Met Service.
http://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/NZMSSR24.pdf