Marble Sized Hail

Piles of large hail near midland.

Marble sized hail.

Converting traditional hail size descriptions traditional object to size conversion for assessment and translation of severe hail reports. Large hail in eastern lapeer county. 0 2 1 2 inches. Breaks glass scrapes paint and wood dents metal perforates tents.

The largest hailstone recovered in the u s. Makes holes in leaves and flowering plants. There were many more reports of of pea and marble size hail. The more extreme the wind the larger hailstones will be.

0 6 2 4 inches. Photo courtesy of jaqlyn avouris. Hail is usually pea sized to marble sized but big thunderstorms can produce big hail. Strips leaves off plants damages vegetables in gardens.

We encourage measurement not estimation of hail size. Marble sized hail 1 2 inch marble sized hail can also fall into this safe zone and not normally cause damage to a roof. 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. 0 4 1 8 inches.