As bands of thunderstorms have made their way across North Texas in recent weeks, hail has repeatedly been one of the forecast hazards. Lots of counties in the western part of the region have seen ...

If the winds near the surface are strong enough, hail can fall at an angle or even nearly sideways! Wind-driven hail can tear up siding on houses, break windows and blow into houses, break side ...

the ice chunks can wreak havoc where they fall, including on homes, vehicles, businesses, aircraft, crops and solar panels. “With improved detection and prediction of severe hail – and with a ...

strong surface winds can make hail fall at an angle or even sideways, causing damage to houses, cars, and potentially injuring people and animals. In some cases, hail can be deadly to livestock ...

Once the hailstones grow big enough and the updrafts within the cloud can no longer support them, they fall through the cloud and to the ground. Hail size is estimated and reported by comparing it ...

The hail pad is used to measure the size, angle of impact and intensity of hail. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) A costly but overlooked severe weather problem This is not just a bunch of scientists ...

Storm Microphysics Insights: Analysis of hail fall angles and velocities offered new insights into storm behavior and its effect on impact forces. On-Site Monitoring: On-site monitoring proved ...

Hail accounts for 73% of financial losses for US solar PV projects, despite representing just 6% of the total number of loss ...

“It is not difficult to imagine the damage or injuries which can be caused by hail when you consider that hail may fall at speeds greater than 100 mph.” ...