Piles of large hail near midland.
Marble sized hail.
Breaks glass scrapes paint and wood dents metal perforates tents.
Converting traditional hail size descriptions traditional object to size conversion for assessment and translation of severe hail reports.
Hail becomes severe when it is 1 inch or larger in diameter or about the size of a quarter.
Fell in vivian sd on june 23 2010 with a diameter of 8 inches.
0 6 2 4 inches.
0 2 1 2 inches.
We encourage measurement not estimation of hail size.
Photo courtesy of jaqlyn avouris.
Large hail in eastern lapeer county.
However it should be noted that hail is produced by wind updrafts shooting raindrops higher into the atmosphere where it freeze before it falls to your roof.
The largest hailstone recovered in the u s.
Strips leaves off plants damages vegetables in gardens.
There were many more reports of of pea and marble size hail.
Makes holes in leaves and flowering plants.
0 4 1 8 inches.
The more extreme the wind the larger hailstones will be.