US EditionJoin scientists as they drive into hailstorms to study the costly weather extreme
- A federally funded science team is driving into hailstorms across Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas to study hail formation and damage as of early June 2025.
- This research follows findings from a 2024 study showing climate change will reduce small hailstones but increase larger, more damaging hailstorms this century.
- Scientists observed hail over 5 inches in diameter, larger than a softball but smaller than a soccer ball, using radars and weather balloons for a comprehensive storm analysis.
- The team estimates hail causes about $10 billion in annual U.S. Damage, with retired forecaster David Imy noting potential hotspots this week in Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico.
- This work highlights hail as a costly hazard contributing to unaffordable insurance, with projected hailstorm increases depending on future warming levels.
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Scientists study hail formation in the eye of the storm
SHAMROCK, Texas — As severe storms once again soak, twist and pelt the nation's midsection, a team of dozens of scientists is driving into them to study one of the nation's costliest but least-appreciated weather dangers: hail.
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Join scientists as they drive into hailstorms to study the costly weather extreme
A team of scientists is driving into severe storms to study hail. It's one of the nation’s costliest but least-appreciated weather dangers.
New high-speed camera captures hail in free fall in effort to improve public safety
New high-speed camera captures hail in free fall in effort to improve public safety The newly invented hail camera is loaded on the back of a pickup truck used by NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory scientists to drive into hail storms and take real-time, high-speed images of falling hailstones. (Image credit: NOAA NSSL) Download Image June 6, 2025 Research Weather severe storms forecasting technology & innovation 0 Off
Scientists chase hail to study severe storm damage risks
Project ICECHIP researchers chase hailstorms across the Plains to study large hail and climate effects, backed by NSF and insurance funding. The post Scientists chase hail to study severe storm damage risks first appeared on The Journal Record.
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