Recently, a major insurance company published its top ten list of the states with the most damage caused by hail. Texas was at the top of the list with almost 52,000 claims. Illinois is second on the list with 43,821...
According to the National Severe Storms Laboratory, there are only estimates about the speed hail falls. One estimate is that a 1cm (0.4 inch) hailstone falls at 9 m/s, and an 8cm (3.1 inches) weighing .7kg (1.5lbs) at 171km/h. Some...
Hail can come in a variety of different sizes. The updraft has to be extremely strong to produce hail and as long as the updraft can support the ice particle, the hail will increase in size. In order to produce...
Wonder how this huge hail forms? During a thunderstorm, a strong rising current of air called an “updraft” pushes water droplets and ice pellets high into the thunderstorm keeping them suspended within the storm. Temperature in this area can be...
