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Pink Jazz:
NWS to Begin Implementing Tiered Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in April - WeatherNation (weathernationtv.com)

It looks like the NWS starting in late April will introduce tiered Severe Thunderstorm Warnings.

"Base" level SVRs will have no tag and will have the same criteria as the current definition.

"Considerable" level SVRs will have 1.75" hail (golf-ball sized) and/or 70 mph winds.

"Destructive" level SVRs will have 2.75" hail (baseball sized) and/or 80 mph winds.

Those in the "Destructive" tier will activate Wireless Emergency Alerts on mobile phones.

This will be useful for alerting those for the most destructive severe thunderstorms, since a derecho can be more destructive than an EF0 tornado.

GaryV:
What did people compare hail to before there were various sports using balls?

hobsini2:

--- Quote from: GaryV on March 18, 2021, 03:23:48 PM ---What did people compare hail to before there were various sports using balls?


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I'm going to guess coins. We still do.

triplemultiplex:

--- Quote from: GaryV on March 18, 2021, 03:23:48 PM ---What did people compare hail to before there were various sports using balls?

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Tree nuts?
Buttons?
Livestock testicles?
Or how about various animal poos?  Hail size could be anywhere from rabbit pellet to horse apple.

Zeffy:

--- Quote from: GaryV on March 18, 2021, 03:23:48 PM ---What did people compare hail to before there were various sports using balls?

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Reed Timmer (a well known storm chaser) uses GORILLA HAIL (yes all caps) for hail larger than 3 inches.


--- Quote from: triplemultiplex on March 26, 2021, 02:54:46 PM ---
--- Quote from: GaryV on March 18, 2021, 03:23:48 PM ---What did people compare hail to before there were various sports using balls?

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Tree nuts?
Buttons?
Livestock testicles?
Or how about various animal poos?  Hail size could be anywhere from rabbit pellet to horse apple.

--- End quote ---

That last one is so vaguely specific  :ded:

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