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Severe Wx & Flood Threat Through Tuesday


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THE FOLLOWING CHART DEPICTS THE FREEFALL VELOCITY AND FREEFALL ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH FALLING HAILSTONES. KEEP IN MIND THAT SOME HAILSTONES WILL FALL AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS DUE TO THEIR SHAPE, DENSITY, SPIN AXIS, COLLISIONS WITH OTHER STONES, ETC.

HAIL SIZE (IN) FREEFALL VELOCITY (MPH) FREEFALL ENERGY (FT-LBS)

0.50 34.7 .009

0.75 42.3 .044

1.00 49.8 1.43

1.25 55.9 3.53

1.50 61.4 7.35

1.75 66.2 13.56

2.00 71.6 23.71

THIS MEANS THAT A 2-INCH HAILSTONE PACKS NEARLY 17 TIMES THE PUNCH OF A 1-INCH HAILSTONE. . MANY ROOFING AND SIDING PRODUCTS AS WELL AS VEHICLE METAL ARE DENTED BY HAIL, ESPECIALLY BEGINNING IN THE 1.0 TO 1.5 INCH DIAMETER RANGE.

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THE FOLLOWING CHART DEPICTS THE FREEFALL VELOCITY AND FREEFALL ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH FALLING HAILSTONES. KEEP IN MIND THAT SOME HAILSTONES WILL FALL AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS DUE TO THEIR SHAPE, DENSITY, SPIN AXIS, COLLISIONS WITH OTHER STONES, ETC.

HAIL SIZE (IN) FREEFALL VELOCITY (MPH) FREEFALL ENERGY (FT-LBS)

0.50 34.7 .009

0.75 42.3 .044

1.00 49.8 1.43

1.25 55.9 3.53

1.50 61.4 7.35

1.75 66.2 13.56

2.00 71.6 23.71

THIS MEANS THAT A 2-INCH HAILSTONE PACKS NEARLY 17 TIMES THE PUNCH OF A 1-INCH HAILSTONE. . MANY ROOFING AND SIDING PRODUCTS AS WELL AS VEHICLE METAL ARE DENTED BY HAIL, ESPECIALLY BEGINNING IN THE 1.0 TO 1.5 INCH DIAMETER RANGE.

 

 

This is what drove the change in severe criteria from 0.75" to 1.0".

 

Good times dodging baseball size hail that is moving nearly 100 mph.

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