Hail

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(Dennis 54).
Hail can be extremely dangerous. It can break windows, damage
roofs, dent cars, injure and even kill people! Crops are greatly affected.
Hail causes around two hundred million dollars in damage a year. That's a
lot of money. When the wind is blowing hailstones are at their worst.
The most common places to see hail is in Texas, through the Great
Plains and up into Alberta, Canada. Areas in the east of the high plains
tend to have most of their hail in the spring. Southeastern Wyoming,
western Nebraska, and eastern Colorado also have massive amounts of hail
falling mostly during the summer (Merit Students Encyclopedia, 351-352).
The times in which hail occurs are different in each region. In
states bordering the Mississippi River and eastward, hailstorms usually
happen between two in the afternoon and seven at night. Those times also
apply for tornadoes and severe thunderstorms. On the high plains in the
mountains hail falls ...

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hailstorm. The hailstones in Dubuque were up to five inches across, and
small frogs were found in some of them. This odd occurrence was caused by
very strong updrafts that picked up the tiny frogs and carried them into
the storm clouds. The frogs became packed inside layer upon layer of ice
(Dennis 53-57).
The first time a hail death was reported in the National Weather
Service's records was May 13, 1939. The death occurred in Lubbock, Texas
to a 39-year-old farmer. The person died of injuries after being caught
outside during a bad hailstorm. There have also been other hail related
deaths. A death was reported in Amwell, New Jersey on June 10, 1742. On
July 30, 1979, a ...

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