HailChatter

Dec 02, 2025 — December tornadoes are rare, but the EF4 that struck Mayfield, Kentucky on December 10, 2021, became one of the deadliest winter tornadoes in U.S. history. It leveled neighborhoods, claimed 89 lives, and caused more than $3 billion in damage. In this...

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Nov 04, 2025 — Hail is the most expensive severe weather hazard in the U.S., racking up as much as $15 billion in losses each year—yet key parts of hail science remain under-researched. ICECHIP set out to change that with a first-of-its-kind campaign measuring hail...

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Oct 22, 2025 — An EF-3 tornado in Enderlin, North Dakota was upgraded to EF-5—108 days after the event. That’s rare. In this episode, meteorologists break down why the rating changed, the damage indicators that mattered (rail cars, a swept-clean foundation), and how...

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Oct 07, 2025 — Hail is finally getting its turn in the spotlight. ICECHIP is a massive, international field project with 100+ researchers, mobile radars, drones, hail pads, impact disdrometers, and even portable freezers—built to measure hail from cloud to ground and...

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Sep 24, 2025 — Downbursts are powerful, straight-line winds that explode out of thunderstorms and can topple trees, power lines, and even damage roofs with 80–100 mph force. In this episode of HailChatter, Meteorologists Taylor Cox and Collin Hunt sit down with NSSL...

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