Marble Sized Hail

Piles of large hail near midland.

Marble sized hail.

There were many more reports of of pea and marble size hail. 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. Photo courtesy of jaqlyn avouris.

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. Large hail in eastern lapeer county. We encourage measurement not estimation of hail size. When marble sized hail is reported we must decide if it s a big marble or small marble and how big of.

The largest hailstone recovered in the u s. 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. Breaks glass scrapes paint and wood dents metal perforates tents.

0 4 1 8 inches. The more extreme the wind the larger hailstones will be. Makes holes in leaves and flowering plants. 0 2 1 2 inches.