When marble sized hail is reported we must decide if it s a big marble or small marble and how big of.
Marble sized hail.
Breaks glass scrapes paint and wood dents metal perforates tents.
Hail is usually pea sized to marble sized but big thunderstorms can produce big hail.
0 6 2 4 inches.
0 2 1 2 inches.
Strips leaves off plants damages vegetables in gardens.
The more extreme the wind the larger hailstones will be.
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.
Hail becomes severe when it is 1 inch or larger in diameter or about the size of a quarter.
The largest hailstone recovered in the u s.
Large hail in eastern lapeer county.
0 4 1 8 inches.
Piles of large hail near midland.
Makes holes in leaves and flowering plants.
Converting traditional hail size descriptions traditional object to size conversion for assessment and translation of severe hail reports.
Fell in vivian sd on june 23 2010 with a diameter of 8 inches.
Marble sized hail 1 2 inch marble sized hail can also fall into this safe zone and not normally cause damage to a roof.