Weather History Research-Hail

Hail Report Options

HailScan = hail observations created from National Weather Service storm reports

HailTrax = hail swaths created from NEXRAD weather radar data

HailScan - multi days, months, or years generated from N.W.S. storm reports

HailTrax - address specific 24-hour period with hail swaths generated from NEXRAD radar data

Property insurers pay out an average $1.5 billion per year for hail-related claims. Dents and dings to all kinds of personal property are many times falsely attributed to hail stones as small as a pea. Even sleet has been claimed for hail damage. Damaging hail storm searches can range from simple to complex. Was one home involved or was this a catastrophic wide-spread storm where owners on the non-damaging fringe are claiming damage because their neighbor got a new roof?

How Hail Is Formed

Hail Questions To Think About

Are sheet metal surfaces available? The impact diameter mark on sheet metal will be about 1/2 the diameter of the original hailstone.

Were there blisters on the built-up roof? Blisters on BUR's are the result of wear. Not hail. BUR's with adequate gravel cover will not be damaged.

If the roof is gabled, is there a noticeable difference in hail damage from one side of the roof to the other due to the change in roof slope and impact angle?

Source: Forensic Engineering, Randall Noon, ISBN 0-8493-8102-9

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