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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. 2 _6 N5 K# D5 W4 @9 D1 {8 Z; u1 E
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: D# m5 p) Z/ z0 K+ \% @Environment Canada says hailstones as big as baseballs fell in High River, Airdrie and Irricana Sunday night as severe thunderstorms swept through central Alberta.& t; `5 s! d" m2 {4 U
' a' `- C3 s- t+ d7 Y4 KSeveral 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.4 v* v6 g- b4 j
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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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High River resident Bonnie Murray said the fist-sized hail cracked her skylight and took out one of her neighbour's back windows.$ E5 W1 h$ g0 r
2 E% t6 G9 t) \$ w E# {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."' [. _5 f4 |* ~7 P4 h4 G$ f
9 u+ u8 J% l7 FThe campground at Crimson Lake Provincial Park west of Rocky Mountain House was hard hit by the storm.* g/ b- P) ~2 _& m3 N
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Bertha Taks, who helps run the campground, said the storm knocked down trees, damaging three trailers.
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"The rain was in sheets, you could see it just blowing," she said.+ ]+ m u2 j! a* I9 T. G
8 O* W D; ~& K% z+ r+ O"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.+ i+ L$ v9 ^' b' B; R" M
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