Makes holes in leaves and flowering plants.
Marble sized hail.
Hail becomes severe when it is 1 inch or larger in diameter or about the size of a quarter.
Large hail in eastern lapeer county.
0 4 1 8 inches.
0 2 1 2 inches.
Fell in vivian sd on june 23 2010 with a diameter of 8 inches.
We encourage measurement not estimation of hail size.
Converting traditional hail size descriptions traditional object to size conversion for assessment and translation of severe hail reports.
The largest hailstone recovered in the u s.
0 6 2 4 inches.
The more extreme the wind the larger hailstones will be.
Hail is usually pea sized to marble sized but big thunderstorms can produce big hail.
Photo courtesy of jaqlyn avouris.
Piles of large hail near midland.
When marble sized hail is reported we must decide if it s a big marble or small marble and how big of.
Strips leaves off plants damages vegetables in gardens.
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.