Hail Research Information Center


	Latest global severe hail storms with reports of giant hail stones Ø greater than 2"/5 cm or major hail damage.


	*03/23/07 Bakersfield, TX, USA 2.75" / 7,0 cm

	*03/23/07 Ashland, KS, USA 2.0" / 5,1 cm

	*03/23/07 Loco Hills, NM, USA 2.0" / 5,1 cm

	*03/22/07 Bhola, Bangladesh major hail damage to field crops

	*03/20/07 Salerno, Italy major hail damage 1.5ft / 0.5m hail layer

	*03/11/07 W. Columbia, TX, USA 2.50" / 6,4 cm

	*03/01/07 Northport, Tuscaloosa AL, USA 2.75" / 7,0 cm

	*03/01/07 Thayer, MO, USA 2.50" / 6,4 cm

	*03/01/07 Norfork, AR, USA 2.50" / 6,4 cm

	*02/28/07 Amsterdam, MO, USA 2.75" / 7,0 cm

	*02/26/07 Canberra, Australia massive hail storm up to 1,75" / 4,5 cm up to 3 ft/1 m hail layer

	*02/26/07 Kennedy Space Center Florida USA 2.0" / 5,1 cm

	*02/24/07 Dermott, AR, USA 2.5" / 6,4 cm

	*02/13/07 N Selma, AL, USA 2.75" / 7,0 cm

	*02/13/07 Tuscaloosa, AL, USA 2.75" / 7,0 cm

	*02/13/07 Newbern, AL, USA 2.75" / 7,0 cm

	*01/26/07 San Rafael, Mendoza Argentina ~ 3.5" / 8,9 cm

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Massive hailstorm hits Canberra, AUS

A massive hailstorm hit Australia's capital city Canberra on February 26th 2007. Golf ball sized hail stones has caused widespread damage.

A severe thunderstorm hit Canberra in the night of February 26th 2007. Hail stones up to golf ball size has caused widespread damage. In some regions tractors had to clear the roads from 1 meter deep ice layers.
Some schools, business and government departments and even the city's main shopping center had to be closed due to storm and flood damage.
The Bureau of Meteorology verified the storm as a supercell thunderstorm, that developed on hour before it hit the City of Canberra.

M. Kaschuba | last update 02/28/2007 | picture: AAP

Baseball sized hail in Tuscaloosa USA

A tornadic supercell over west central Alabama produced large hail, some to the size of baseballs or even larger.

A couple of supercells over the southeastern United States on February 13th 2007 brought widespread hail damage (e.g. broken windshields) and even produced tornadoes. The largest hail stones has been reported from southern Tuscaloosa County to the size of baseballs or even larger. This is about 2.75 inch or 7,0 cm in diameter.

M. Kaschuba | last update 02/15/2007 | picture: ABC 33/40

Giant hail in southwestern Germany

An extremely dangerous hailstorm hit southwestern Germany on June 28th 2006. This supercell caused hail damage up to 200 million USD, near 150 injuries and produced giant hail stones to the size of softballs.

A dangerous super hailstorm hit the City of Villingen-Schwenningen and Trossingen in southwestern Germany. Hail stones to the size of tennis balls and softballs - up to 4.7 inch or 12 cm in diameter - has been reported while a hail fall period of about 20 minutes. Almost every roof or car was damaged in the path of this storm. Insured damage reached near 200 million USD. No more than 4 years ago, a similar type storm hit the City of Villingen-Schwenningen (VS).

M. Kaschuba | last update 01/08/2007 | picture: M. Kaschuba

In search of the largest hailstones

In search of the largest hail stones, we collect reports and pictures of giant hail stones from all over the world for each season or year. If you made pictures or observed huge hail stones, tell us or send the images via email to email. Read more about the exact measuring and preserve of hail stones here.

Extreme Weather Congress

On March the 22nd/23rd in 2007 the 2nd extremeweather congress takes place in Hamburg/Germany.

Hailstorm hits Texas, USA

A supercell thunderstorm on March 11th 2007 in West Columbia, Texas USA produced tennis ball sized hail and caused damage to cars and buildings.

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