High speed cameras encased in bullet-resistant polycarbonate. LED lights 30 percent brighter than the sun. All mounted to the back of a diesel pick up truck wrapped in a metal cage. That’s the latest innovation in hail storm science from the NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL). Each year hail causes billions of dollars worth of damage to homes, vehicles, crops and infrastructure in the United States. “It’s very, very difficult to study hail,” said NSSL Researcher Sean Waugh.