PHOTO GALLERY: Multi-day stretch of severe weather in our area
ROANOKE, Va. โ Strong-to-severe thunderstorms in recent days have brought everything from wind damage to hail, but also produced some interesting cloud structures and rainbows. Thank you all for sending in your pictures. Full Screen 1 / 36 Laura Tucker - Salem
Well thatโs one way to describe how big a hailstone is...
One storm moved through Jones County, dropping large hail near Jeffery Craigโs home in the Tuckers Crossing community. Storm Reports (3/4/2020) (WSLS)Yes, he used a McDonaldโs sauce packet! Jeffery, by chance could you measure the length of that sauce packet? โ NWS Jackson MS (@NWSJacksonMS) March 4, 2020Jeffery responded that the sauce packet measured 2.375 inches, so the NWS meteorologists concluded that the hailstone was close to tennis-ball sized, about 2.5 inches. While this is a hilarious way to send in a storm report, we suggest you use the typical objects to measure hail size the next time we see any in southwest Virginia.