KOMO Weather Why's: How does hail form?

The Treasure Valley in Idaho had a big accumulation of hail the last weekend of June due to a thunderstorm that was stuck in ...
The Weather Channel

The Hail Scale: Determining How Much Damage You Could See

From pea-sized pellets to grapefruit-sized chunks of ice, the hail size scale helps determine whether you’ll see minor shingle wear or smashed windshields and holes in your roof. Meteorologist Caitlin ...
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Hail? Sleet? Something else? Here’s what was falling from the sky this morning

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Many people across South Louisiana and Southwest Mississippi were surprised to see little ice pellets falling from the sky this morning, even though temperatures were in the ...
Austin American-Statesman

Texas Is America’s hail damage capital, report finds. Here's why we're so much at risk.

So why does it happen this time of year? The jet stream shifts into a favorable position across the southern United States, allowing frequent atmospheric disturbances to move into the southern Plains.