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