Phil said it was the worst hail storm event in the county since the 'Great Storm' of 2012. "Normally, hail stones are the size of garden peas but some of these were about 5cm across." "It was also what caused the hail storm, as the moisture froze at high altitude and ice simply fell out of the cloud onto the village below. "The Environment Agency has a rain gauge just east of Kibworth and it measured 72mm of rain falling in just one hour - that's the equivalent of five weeks' worth of rainfull the area would normally get. Mountsorrel weatherman Phil Morrish was contacted by a friend living in Kibworth. Rail services between Market Harborough and Leicester were also temporarily halted due to flooding on the line in the Kibworth area. No injuries were reported and the road reopened at about 8.45pm." "Our offiicers also attended and the road was closed while the vehicle was recovered. He said: "At around 6.45pm on Tuesday, officers were called by Leicestershire Fire and Rescue about a car that had left the road at the junction of Harborough Road and West Langton Road, Kibworth Harcourt. In the aftermath of the deluge, part of the A6 at Kibworth was closed by Leicestershire Police due to flooding at the junction of New Road and West Langton Road, while New Road was also shut at the Brookfield Road junction.Ī police spokesman said emergency services also had to deal with a car crash at the A6/West Langton Road junction. Golf ball-sized hail stones littered the streets of Kibworth after the unseasonal deluge (Image: Supplied) "But the rain didn't seem to stop and then, all of a sudden, at about 5.45pm, I noticed a few hail stones falling. "Then it started to rain a little and I thought 'okay - this is a pleasant change'. "I'd spent the day working from home and was outside enjoying a bit of the very warm weather." he said. Matt Sibson, 38, who lives in Kibworth Beauchamp, had been "enjoying", if that is the right word, the stiflingly warm conditions. READ MORE: Golf ball-sized hail stones smash driver's windscreen and dent side of vehicle Windows and conservatories were smashed, cars dented and houses and gardens flooded as more than five weeks' worth of rain fell in just one hour over the community.ĭay five of the recent heatwave, on Tuesday (July 20), seemed like any other to the unsuspecting villagers as the mercury gauge head up towards the 30C mark. The residents of Kibworth Beachamp and Kibworth Harcourt, south of Leicester, found themselves in the eye of the storm, as ice spheres the size of golf balls plunged down from the heavens. A hail storm of biblical proportions has left hundreds of people in a corner of Leicestershire counting the cost thanks to the concentrated force of a rare weather phenomenon.
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