1956 Hail Storm: Sunday December 23rd

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1956 Hail Storm: Sunday December 23rd

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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
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Re: 1956 Hail Storm: Sunday December 23rd

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Interesting reading _b
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Re: 1956 Hail Storm: Sunday December 23rd

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It would of been interesting to see the sequence of events leading up to this with today's standards of forecasting.
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Re: 1956 Hail Storm: Sunday December 23rd

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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
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