Andy Wehrle
EF5
1905200MOUNTAIN VIEW HOWELL MO37009170HAIL THE SIZE OF A RITZ CRACKER. (SGF)
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/today.html
Munch munch munch.
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/today.html
Munch munch munch.
Interesting hail measurement report
- Thread starter Andy Wehrle
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Marko Korosec
EF4
lol good catch, Andy. This probably happens when a hungry guy reports hail. What if he would be reporting a banana...err... a tornado?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritz_Crackers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritz_Crackers
Michael Rogers
At least a Ritz cracker is more accurate than "marble sized." I wonder if it was salted or unsalted? Hopefully it was the Ritz Light brand. That would probably do less damage.
Hopefully it was the Ritz Light brand. That would probably do less damage.
At least a Ritz cracker is more accurate than "marble sized." I wonder if it was salted or unsalted?
It's just as bad as a marble! Is it bite sized, peanut butter filling, or original sized? Tony Perkins asked that and I have to agree!
-John
Paul Austin
I remember last year's early outbreak in Arkansas and Tennessee yielded a report of hail the size of "a folger's can" crashing through the roof of a mobile home. I thought that was an unusual comparison, but perhaps that was the nearest object.
Brandon Smith
A couple weeks ago during the severe weather outbreak on March 23, a report came in from Eddy, NM of quarter to lime sized hail:
2129 200 7 W LOCO HILLS EDDY NM 3282 10410 QUARTER TO LIME SIZED HAIL 6 TO 8 MILES W OF LOCO HILLS. (MAF)
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/070323_rpts.html
2129 200 7 W LOCO HILLS EDDY NM 3282 10410 QUARTER TO LIME SIZED HAIL 6 TO 8 MILES W OF LOCO HILLS. (MAF)
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/070323_rpts.html
Jay McCoy
EF5
Well you can normally get what most consider wierd reports but to people in that area it makes perfect sense. New Mexico has a large latino population and their drink of choice is Corona's which require a lime for flavoring so everybody knows the size of a lime.
In some areas it may be oranges or apricots or even certain types of beans or nuts.
afischer
EF4
There must be something about hail reporting in Springfield NWS' county warning area. Ritz cracker this year, and last year we had the hail denting beer cans on the back of a moving motorcycle. Hmmm.
Robert Rohloff
EF3
Hail deaths
Speaking of hail, saw that China had several severe storms on the 2nd and have at least 27 fatalities from hail.
Speaking of hail, saw that China had several severe storms on the 2nd and have at least 27 fatalities from hail.
Van DeWald
EF2
Or it could have been a typo, and they meant to say quarter to "dime" size hail. Although, in this case, since the size was reported as 2", I'm guessing the "lime" sized hail was the correct adjective.
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Bob Schafer
EF5
I'm getting hungry.
Michael Rogers
HEH. Good point! I didn't realize Ritz has expanded their cracker line to such wonderful flavors and sizes.
