Marble Sized Hail

0 6 2 4 inches.

Marble sized hail.

Strips leaves off plants damages vegetables in gardens. Converting traditional hail size descriptions traditional object to size conversion for assessment and translation of severe hail reports. 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 2 1 2 inches.

Hail is usually pea sized to marble sized but big thunderstorms can produce big hail. There were many more reports of of pea and marble size hail. 0 4 1 8 inches. Makes holes in leaves and flowering plants.

Photo courtesy of jaqlyn avouris. The largest hailstone recovered in the u s. Hail becomes severe when it is 1 inch or larger in diameter or about the size of a quarter. Breaks glass scrapes paint and wood dents metal perforates tents.

We encourage measurement not estimation of hail size. The more extreme the wind the larger hailstones will be. When marble sized hail is reported we must decide if it s a big marble or small marble and how big of. Large hail in eastern lapeer county.