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Northern Hail Project

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Founded in 2022 by Western University, the NHP aims to detect and document hail events across Canada and uncover Canada’s true hail climatology. See https://uwo.ca/nhp/ & cssl.ca.

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Northern Tornadoes Project 🇨🇦 @westernuntp.bsky.social · 4d

The CSSL/NTP assisted the US National Weather Service (NWS) with their upgrading of the official rating of the June 2025 Enderlin, ND tornado from EF3 to EF5.

Announced by the NWS today, it’s the first EF5-rated tornado in the US since 2013.

Details here: uwo.ca/ntp/blog/202...

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Drone photo courtesy Brian Emfinger and used with permission.

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Northern Hail Project @westernunhp.bsky.social · 26d

**Damage Survey Announcement: Following an extreme rainfall event and resulting flash flooding across SE Manitoba on Sept 11 & 12, a CSSL damage survey team will be conducting an assessment of the event's impacts. Please let us know if you have any rainfall and/or damage reports! #mbstorm @cssl.ca

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Western University @westernu.ca · Aug 11

“Scientists-turned-storm chasers” are tracking down Alberta hail storms to better understand how to protect against them.
Researchers from the Canadian Severe Storms Laboratory ( @cssl.ca ) at #WesternU spoke with the @theglobeandmail.com about the Northern Hail Project.

In Alberta’s ‘Hailstorm Alley,’ scientists-turned-storm-chasers look into the eye of the storm for answers

Researchers from Western University aim to use data from hard-hit areas to help Canada better understand – and protect against – dangerous and costly hail damage

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Northern Hail Project @westernunhp.bsky.social · Jul 28

**Damage Survey Announcement #abstorm: Yesterday (July 27) a major hailstorm tracked from W of Twin Butte, through Cardston, E to the Shanks Lake area. An NHP damage survey team will begin data collection tomorrow. Please forward us any information you may have on this event!

Image of map showing radar estimated extent of hailstorm swath through southern Alberta, beginning west of Twin Butte and tracking east-southeast through Cardston and areas to the south, continuing further east-southeast over and past Shanks Lake. Large areas with estimates over 50 mm max diameter, with several areas west of and over Shanks Lake with estimate maximum diameters of 75 mm.

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Northern Hail Project @westernunhp.bsky.social · Jul 14

**Seeking Hail Reports: Calgary was affected by a potentially damaging hailstorm this evening (July 13) between 7:45 & 8:15 PM MT, tracking SE from the NW corner of the city to S of Chestermere. Please send us your hail and hail damage reports, and if you can, save some samples! #abstorm #Calgary

Infographic indicating steps to collect scientifically accurate hail data: 1) take a photo of the hail with a reference object of known size; 2) Bag the hail in a plastic, sealable bag, removing as much air as possible; 3) Label the bag with critical information (date/time of collection, location of collection site).

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Northern Hail Project @westernunhp.bsky.social · Jul 10

**Survey Announcement: The CSSL’s Winnipeg team is conducting a damage survey of hail impacts in the Reston area following a major storm on the evening of July 3rd with radar estimated hail larger than baseballs (see MRMS MESH below). Let us know if you have any information on this storm!

#MBstorm

Radar product showing heat map with estimated maximum hailstone sizes. Swath of estimate 50 mm or larger hail from north of Redvers, Saskatchewan to southwest of Hartney, Manitoba.

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Northern Hail Project @westernunhp.bsky.social · Jul 10

**Survey Announcement: Yesterday (July 9), NHP Field Ops intercepted a damaging thunderstorm near the communities of Acme & Carbon, AB. A damage survey of the combined impacts of wind & hail in the area will be conducted later today. Let us know if you have any information on this storm! #abstorm

A field of canola flattened by the recent hail storm, with ground between destroyed plants still covered in hailstones.

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Northern Hail Project @westernunhp.bsky.social · May 13

These platforms, Super Mobile Hail Observatories (SuMHOs), will be deployed by members of the NHP field team across the US plains during the #ICECHIP field campaign. ICECHIP endeavours to improve radar-based #hail detection, hail models and forecasting, and hail warnings. @nsficechip.bsky.social

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Northern Hail Project @westernunhp.bsky.social · May 13

The NHP has been busy preparing for field operations, both at home and abroad! For the #ICECHIP field campaign, the NHP and Western's UMS designed and built 4 platforms which collect and preserve hailstones, capture high-speed video of falling #hail, and measure hail fall speed with a small radar.

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Northern Hail Project @westernunhp.bsky.social · Mar 15

The Northern Hail Project is now active on Bluesky! Through our new Bluesky accounts, we hope to continue to engage with experts, citizen scientists, and other stakeholders to build on our knowledge and understanding of damaging hail across Canada.

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