Article: That's a lot of hail

Article: Hail: yes! It can damage a roof.(TECHNICAL DETAILS)
Roofing Contractor;  March 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... of property loss claims resulting from hail damage to a roof system. In fact, the percentage of roof damage from hail is so large that it has spawned a cottage ... search of roof work. Roof damage from hail force is typically the result of improper ...

Article: Hail, no! Can giant cannons protect farms from hail ...
Current Science, a Weekly Reader publication;  October 6, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... thunder. They're the rumblings of the huge hail cannons on John Smith's farm. A hailstorm ... installed the 6-meter-(20-foot-) tall hail cannons to stop hailstones from forming ... storm clouds over his farm. "I think the hail cannons help, I really do," Amy Kunugi ...

Article: Climatology of Hail in China: 1961-2005
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology;  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT A previous hail climatology of China was based upon observations ... been made in this study to update this hail climatology in China with the use of a ... of a new, comprehensive collection of hail observational data in May 2006 by the National ...

Article: Hail detection using S- and C-band radar reflectivity ...
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology;  February 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... shown to display an identifying signal for hail-bearing storms. The relevance and sensitivity of the proposed hail detection algorithm is first analyzed from ... precipitation, are considered, notably rain and hail with hailstones of different diameters ...

Article: 'Hail Alley' has history of costly summer storms
The Gazette;  June 22, 2004 ;     662 words ... ... Front Range residents, or more precisely to insurance premiums, is hail. Colorado's Front Range is in the heart of "Hail Alley," receiving the highest frequency of large hail in North America and most of the world, according to the Rocky Mountain ...

Article: Hail Damages Crops In Eden, Bart Townships ; A Numerous ...
Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA;  August 11, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Sunday, another serious, crop-damaging hail storm in the southern portion of the county. Hail as large as quarters, and even golf balls ... late Sunday afternoon. "You could shovel the hail off our deck, we got so much," said Joyce ...

Article: HAIL CAUSES JUNE WHITEOUT
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  June 16, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Jersey on Monday, dumping hail in such abundance that parts ... elsewhere to clear penny-size hail that piled inches high in streets and municipal parking lots. A Washington Township police cruiser got stuck in the hail and had to be plowed free ...