Serious-Size Hail in NW IA!!

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Serious-Size Hail in NW IA!!

#1 Postby Guest » Fri May 21, 2004 11:22 am

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1103 AM CDT FRI MAY 21 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1100 AM     HAIL             SPENCER                 43.15N 95.15W
05/21/2004  2.50 INCH        CLAY               IA   TRAINED SPOTTER


Softball-size hail! :eek:
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#2 Postby wx247 » Fri May 21, 2004 11:47 am

Wow!!! That is some serious hail.
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#3 Postby Hoosierwxdude » Fri May 21, 2004 12:31 pm

Ummm baseball size is 2.75" so that is barely baseball size. :wink:
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#4 Postby StormCrazyIowan » Fri May 21, 2004 12:45 pm

Still is far bigger than any I have ever seen! Where was I?! Oh yeah.... at work!
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#5 Postby azskyman » Fri May 21, 2004 7:34 pm

Big storms roaming in northern Illinois now will probably be producing large hail as well.
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#6 Postby Pebbles » Fri May 21, 2004 7:38 pm

HEY! no jinxing me! LOL *tickles*
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#7 Postby BL03 » Fri May 21, 2004 7:53 pm

HAIL DIAMETER SIZE DESCRIPTION
1/4" Pea Size
1/2" Small Marble Size
3/4" (Severe Criteria) Penny or Large Marble Size
7/8" Nickel Size
1" Quarter Size
1 1/4" Half Dollar Size
1 1/2" Walnut or Ping Pong Ball Size
1 3/4" Golf Ball Size
2" Hen Egg Size
2 1/2" Tennis Ball Size
2 3/4" Baseball Size
3" Teacup Size
4" Grapefruit Size
4 1/2" Softball Size
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