Quebec Hailstorms

Watch this home video of a hailstorm in Quebec on July 25, 2006. The hailstones are about the size of golf balls, but there are so many of them and you can distinctly hear the noise of several hundred hailstorms hitting objects like houses and cars. Hail stones are usually between 5 and 50 millimeters in diameter, and are composed of transparent or translucent ice. Hail comes in different sizes, and are usually compared to objects: peas, dimes, nickels, pennies, walnuts, tennis balls, and softballs, among many others. Hail stones, particularly large ones, can do serious damage to automobiles, skylights, houses, and farm crops. Extremely large hailstones can cause concussions or even fatal head trauma if a human is hit. Luckily, hailstorms can be detected by weather radars. Their approach, and even the size of the hailstones can be forecasted by weather stations. If you want to know whether there is a hailstorm coming, log on to MyWeatherLive.com for real-time weather news, weather forecasts, and weather reports, with live weather maps and the latest updates.