HAIL

On June 16, 1882 hail broke windows in the photo studio of Samuel ROOT. Gathering some of the hail, he made a daguerrotype of them and then another so that a comparison could be made with common eggs. Photo courtesy: https://www.facebook.com/groups/45737582684/

Baseball-sized hailstones struck Dubuque in August 1994. Photo courtesy: Telegraph Herald file photo-Patti Carr

HAIL. Hail is a form of solid precipitation consisting of balls or irregular lumps of ice, that are individually called hail stones. Hail stones measure between 5 millimeters (0.20 in) and 150 millimeters (5.9 in) in diameter, with the larger stones coming from severe thunderstorms.

On August 20, 1994, an unusually powerful storm brought baseball-sized hailstones to Dubuque. The storm hit at 3:45 p.m. when workers were beginning to head home. The most severe wind and hail damage was reported on the north and western side of the city. Insurance companies dispatched their catastrophe claims crews to the city, and eventually here were more than 15,000 insurance claims for more than $100 million in damage. (1)

Source:

(1) Hogstrom, Erik. "1994: Storm Caused a Hail of a Lot of Damage," Telegraph Herald, August 15, 2019, p. 5A