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星期日晚上,一阵棒球大小的冰雹阿尔伯塔省的中心地区落下, 伴随着严重的暴风雨.
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Environment Canada says hailstones as big as baseballs fell in High River, Airdrie and Irricana Sunday night as severe thunderstorms swept through central Alberta.
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Several tornado warnings were issued Sunday night. Environment Canada's weather office said several people reported funnel clouds, including one that touched down briefly near Olds.6 R q! d* x$ n
& ~& _' U" y+ m; n( dHailstones fell in several communities, with the largest hitting High River, Airdrie and Irricana.
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% k* L9 Z0 c1 | v1 P7 z+ d! lWade Nelson, who lives on a ranch near High River, said he got his vehicle into his garage just in time.
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4 B2 d3 z# Y" w/ R8 u' K, P, B"It was quite the show. They were like the size of a hockey puck," he said. "They were sure hitting the windshield pretty hard. Like artillery coming down."- g; B# @6 b: X4 \. y
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High River resident Bonnie Murray said the fist-sized hail cracked her skylight and took out one of her neighbour's back windows.
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3 N! l1 i) ]6 @9 g' Z* {Shannon Williams was pumping gas in Carstairs when the storm blew into the town, dumping hail the size of golf balls.
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"It is really black, windy and hailing," she told CBC News on Sunday night. "It's looking pretty bad out there."+ q6 K) O2 p& S; h) I5 I
( M" w. b% p9 p* f/ K8 ZThe campground at Crimson Lake Provincial Park west of Rocky Mountain House was hard hit by the storm.
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" _8 Q4 s; a' D) ]* SBertha Taks, who helps run the campground, said the storm knocked down trees, damaging three trailers.2 {7 o3 P3 _- y* ^- ~3 |% d
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"The rain was in sheets, you could see it just blowing," she said.7 o7 M) F- {; D) d
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"We had people coming in our store and saying we've got trees down, trees on our trailers, and trees across the road," she said.$ k+ A- }% c( r, ~: _
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