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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.' ?. b. V2 _5 l9 }* f' `( O& n/ Q
7 N% M- r9 T8 s- T/ B* aSeveral 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.+ D. v2 g4 f. }$ W
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Hailstones fell in several communities, with the largest hitting High River, Airdrie and Irricana.
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Wade Nelson, who lives on a ranch near High River, said he got his vehicle into his garage just in time.
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"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."
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% g8 N- W% L( ?! N& M' P$ P- w# a* G! xHigh River resident Bonnie Murray said the fist-sized hail cracked her skylight and took out one of her neighbour's back windows.) B8 y4 j9 i- d0 G3 {! d$ Q7 Z( { T2 ^
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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."; W9 I/ W# h1 {; w
% G6 s5 ^' V/ z9 S9 b9 NThe campground at Crimson Lake Provincial Park west of Rocky Mountain House was hard hit by the storm.
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i' M4 [# U2 n7 wBertha Taks, who helps run the campground, said the storm knocked down trees, damaging three trailers.9 H) l0 ^# H# y" ^, E* I
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"The rain was in sheets, you could see it just blowing," she said., Y( E% H3 Z; j" f
' Q9 N- E$ J- V. L7 }/ ^: ]"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.
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