Huge Hail Damages Cars in West Des Moines

Huge hail hammered parts of West Des Moines, Iowa, on Friday, August 19, smashing windscreens and causing damage to vehicles.

Footage by Taylor Hathaway shows hail pounding down at a shopping mall. Hathaway is seen surveying her broken rear windscreen and additional damage to her vehicle when the hail storm passes.

The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning on Friday afternoon and warned of quarter-sized hail. Credit: Taylor Hathaway via Storyful

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[HEAVY RAINFALL]

- My god. We're inside.

I don't know where that car's going. What are you doing? What are you doing? Oh no.

[THUNDER INTENSIFIES]

Oh my god.

- Yeah, my car is a [MUTED] That is yours for the-- the windshield.

- I still have my back window.

- Do you? Wow.

- Yes.

- My-- oh, my thing's gone.

- Maybe you should have parked down there with me.

[LAUGHTER]

- See? See? Goddammit. It's really starting to rain.

- Yeah.

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