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Radiosonde data revealed high convective available potential energy and unstable atmospheric indices, while wind profiler radars (WPRs) showed initial easterly moisture transport near the ground and strong southwesterly flow aloft, both contributing significantly to intense convection. Ground-based automatic meteorological stations (AMSs) recorded abrupt temperature drops of approximately 10 \u00b0C and wind speed increases exceeding 20 m s\u22121, which aligned closely with the rapid expansion of the hailstorm. In addition, an integrated analysis of data from AWR, WPRs, and AMSs enabled detailed tracking of the storm\u2019s evolution, providing deeper insights into the interplay between moisture transport and dynamic lifting. The AWR\u2019s unique ability to capture divergence and vorticity fields at different altitudes revealed low-level convergence coupled with high-level divergence and cyclonic rotation, sustaining convective updrafts. 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