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Austin, Texas Hail Reports

noreply@blogger.com (Hail Chaser) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:30:00 +0000

So far, the best information I have been able to find is pointing to the likelihood of a very small band of hail that might have caused some really light damage on the north side of Austin. I've been looking at some viewer supplied pictures of the hailstones from the storm that moved across Austin this morning, and it looks like most of the hail was dime to ping-pong ball size, with just a small area around MoPac and Parmer, and MoPac and Braker, that might have ended having some light damage.

You can see for yourself at these image galleries here, here and here. This is some pretty early information, so you might want to check these galleries again this evening and in the morning because I'm sure they'll get updated with more pictures as the day goes on.

From what I've seen so far, I'd get on the phone and make sure it's worth it before running on this one.

Malvern, Arkansas Area Hail Damage

noreply@blogger.com (Hail Chaser) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:40:00 +0000

OK, so I've been digging around to try and find some confirmation of the hail damage report out of Malvern, AR from yesterday evening with only a little success. I haven't been able to completely confirm that there was actually any damaging hail inside Malvern itself.

I have been able to come up with this picture of some nice size hail stones in the small town of Prattsville, Ar, which, as you can see here, is about half way between Malvern and Sheridan, AR. This report is from out in the middle of the countryside and isn't really worth chasing, so there is no way I'm going to call this report legitimate yet, or advise anyone to run it.

I'll let you know if I'm able to find anything else.

Newport, AR Hail Damage Reports are Legitimate!

noreply@blogger.com (Hail Chaser) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:07:00 +0000

Sorry to disturb your January guys, but it looks like it's already time to load the truck and hit the road again. I have been watching this system develop across Arkansas this evening, and there really isn't any surprise that a decent size town got hit.

I can confirm that Newport, Arkansas, in Jackson county (not Ouchita county like the weather service reported) got hit with golfball to baseball size hail stones this evening. KAIT TV out of Jonesboro, AR has a story about the damage here. There are several pictures of the hailstones next to the story.

I'm not going to steal their images, but if you just want to look at the pictures, you can see them here, here, here and here. These are all from either in Newport, or Diaz, AR, a little town on the north side of Newport.

I haven't been able to confirm any of the other hail reports from Malvern, AR, Brinkley, AR or south of Pine Bluff, AR, but as soon as I can find out any information on these other hailstorms I'll get it posted.

Good hunting, and drive careful!

West Palm Beach, Florida Hail Storm Damage?

noreply@blogger.com (Hail Chaser) — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:13:00 +0000

I've been searching through all of the local media reports about the hail storm in West Palm Beach, Florida and the surrounding areas and all I'm able to come up with so far is a resounding, maybe. In most of the local images being sent in to the media outlets, the hail is dime size at best.

If you look really closely in the following video you will be able to see some of the hailstones in the road. They look like they might be decent size but there just aren't very many of them. Look really closely when they roll down the window.

Here are the other images I have been able to track down. You can check them out here, and here . This is looking like a really small path of hail damage on this storm. I'm guessing that there is a very narrow path of large, damaging, hail mixed in with a widespread swath of small stuff.

I'll keep checking but at this time, it's looking like this one is not going to be a big deal.

Fayetteville Tennessee Hail Storm Damage Confirmed

noreply@blogger.com (Hail Chaser) — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:10:00 +0000

Well,it took some digging but I have been able to find several pictures of the hail stones from Fayetteville, TN and they are all definitely large enough to cause some very serious auto hail damage as well as plenty of roof hail damage on homes. This stuff looks like it is really hard and probably did quite a bit of damage. I would expect that there is going to be a damage path around Fayetteville as well. The rural areas around the cities in that part of the country are usually well inhabited and often hide some very nice subdivisions of luxury homes so don't be afraid to go out scouting for the storm path to see if you stumble on a hidden treasure.

You can check out a few of the hail pictures I found from the Fayetteville storm here, here, here and here. Here's a story about the storm from the local paper. This hail storm is totally legit.

I'm still trying to confirm something on that Shreveport, LA hail damage report as well as the Monroe, LA report. Nothing yet but if and when I do, I'll be posting here about the hail damage.

Blanchard, Louisiana Hail Storm Damage Confirmation

noreply@blogger.com (Hail Chaser) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:30:00 +0000

We have gotten a good confirmation of hail stones capable of producing damage in Blanchard, LA. This storm was reported to have contained one inch hail but as you can see in the pictures, there was lots of hail up to 2" and we all know that stuff will leave hail dents in cars and some serious hail damage on roofs. Check out the pics yourself here, here, here and here.

If you don't know, Blanchard is a suburb of Shreveport, Louisiana. It is a few miles to the North and has a decent amount of population. This report goes well with the report of golfball hail in Shreveport but I haven't been able to confirm that one yet. But, if it's there, I'll let you know about it with another hail damage confirmation post.

Gilmer, Texas Hail Damage Confirmed!

noreply@blogger.com (Hail Chaser) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:33:00 +0000

OK, I've been able to find a few pictures of the hail stones from Gilmer, TX and they are definitely large enough to cause real damage to a vehicle or home roof/siding. You can check out the pictures for yourself here, here and here. I'm sure there are plenty more pics out there but once I found these, I wanted to go ahead and bring this hail storm confirmation to you.

It looks like there is going to be some decent work out of this series of storms whether you are doing auto hail damage repair or home roofing repair and replacement. Remember though, just because it's the first of the year doesn't mean the prices have to be beaten to the ground. Sell quality, not price. That way everybody makes more money.

East Texas & North Louisiana Hail Storm Damage Reports

noreply@blogger.com (Hail Chaser) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:43:00 +0000

There are a lot of reports of hail storm damage starting to come in from east Texas and North Louisiana including the Gilmer, Texas and Shreveport, Louisiana areas. At this point it is really hard to get any good information out of the area because there are almost constant tornado warnings being issued and that is just about all the local news stations are reporting on.

I did find a page of locally submitted weather images that show quite a bit of good damaging size hail stones. Unfortunately, no one told these folks to label their pictures with the location, so we don't have any idea where most of them are from. You can check out the gallery by clicking here.

Grand Saline, TX

Judging by the pics in the above gallery, it looks like there should be some damage in the Grand Saline, TX area.

Shreveport, LA

This is absolute speculation at this point and I hesitate to post it here but I will as long as everyone understands that it's purely a guess. Going off of the reports I'm reading and the images I've been able to find of the hail stones from these storms, It really looks like there is a good chance that the north side of the Shreveport, Lousiana metro area has a decent amount of hail damage. That part of town is widely varied in the demographics of the neighborhoods. Some of the subdivisions are very luxurious and some of the neighborhoods are actually 'hoods. Seriously, if you are checking this area out, be careful what you wander into.

If you decide to chase this storm this evening, be sure to be careful out there. There are several reports of trees and telephone poles down across the highways especially I-20 near the Loisiana - Texas state line.

I wont be running on this storm but I will be monitoring it closely to see how it develops. One thing is for sure, there will almost certainly be a lot of hail damaged cars out of this storm as well as a bunch of roof hail damage on houses all across the east Texas and North Louisiana area. It also looks like the hail damage area may easily stretch into Oklahoma and South Arkansas before the night is over.

North Georgia Hail Damage Reports Confirmations

noreply@blogger.com (Hail Chaser) — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:51:00 +0000

The hail storms that moved through northern Georgia, including the Atlanta metro area, yesterday evening and last night came at a bad time to get much in the way of picture confirmations from citizens but I have been able to find some. It is obviously very early in the game for there to be much in the way of storm damage reporting but my initial assessment of the Georgia hail damage reports is that most of them were exaggerated. The vast majority of pictures I have been able to find have shown pea to quarter size hail stones, and not very many of them. There were a few images of hail stones capable of producing hail damage to cars and those are listed below.

Mableton, Georgia
Douglasville, Georgia
Bethlehem, Georgia
Auburn, Georgia (This is by far the best looking hail damage report so far.)
Cartersville, Georgia

As I said above, the hail damage report out of Auburn, GA is the most legitimate looking one so far. If I were going to run this storm, I would go straight to Auburn and skip the other stuff. You could easily waste three days looking around the Atlanta metro for damage that may or may not exist.

Of course, you should always do what your gut tells you and not put too much confidence in some anonymous guy from the internet. This is just my opinion based on the information at hand right this minute. It could change as more hail damage report confirmations come out.

Corinth Mississippi Hail Damage Report

noreply@blogger.com (Hail Chaser) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:28:00 +0000

I just wanted to give you guys an update on the hail damage report that came out of Corinth, MS from the Thursday evening storm line with this quick post. Basically the hail report from Corinth was bogus. Now, we all know that probably means someone got a little bit excited when they saw some dime size hail hitting the windshield of their car and thought it was huge.

I can report to you first-hand that I combed the area and did not find a single dent or any debris or other signs of a real hail storm. That's it for now. I'll let you know what other hail damage report information I come up with soon.

Tennessee Hail Damage Reports Confirmations

noreply@blogger.com (Hail Chaser) — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 10:00:00 +0000

This list of hail damage report confirmations is long and covers a very large swath of real estate. It took a couple of days to gather all of these confirmations from several different sources. I made notes as I went along as well as plotting the reports on my map also. I know you guys are used to me providing links to my confirmation sources but this time there were simply too many sources gathered over too long a time frame for me to keep up with so you are just going to have to take my word for it or do your own research but I guarantee you that each of the following hail damage report confirmations has been verified through either photos, video, or first person witness reports.

I have verified hail stones of a size capable of producing damage to cars and roofs at the following locations in Tennessee;

Tennessee Ridge, TN
Erin, TN
Linden, TN
Flatwoods, TN
Hohenwald, TN
Waynesboro, TN
Lawrenceburg, TN
Lewisburg, TN
Shelbyville, TN
Manchester, TN
Estill Springs, TN
Bell Buckle, TN
Cookeville, TN

I'm sure, like any good storm chaser, you have looked these towns up and seen that several of them are pretty small but if you plot them on your map you will also see that they are clustered together in groups. There are also several confirmations of hail damage in the rural county areas around and between these small towns. That's why they were included in this report.

You'll also notice I have not included Murphreesboro, TN in this report. I left them out because, from what I can see in the news reports, the whole town is considered a tornado zone with some significant damage. You are going to be hard pressed to get a report out of that area for anything not related to tornado damage. There is almost certainly some hail damage in the area and possibly in the town itself but there is no way to confirm it yet.

Be careful out there and keep those prices up. I'll be posting more hail damage confirmations as I get them.

North Alabama Hail Damage Reports Confirmations

noreply@blogger.com (Hail Chaser) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:50:00 +0000

Well, it looks like the price of hail damage repair just went up!

There are so many hail damage reports with this round that I am going to post the damage confirmations as I find them in regional groups. I can tell you this for sure, there is a lot more damage out there than is on the reports so don't be afraid to think outside the box and do a little bit of old school storm chasing. You know, the kind where you plot the storm tracks on your map and then follow it looking for damage. There is going to be some hail damage out there that doesn't get found by more than a few people, try to be one of them.

These hail damage report confirmations are from North Alabama. I'm sure there are a lot more from this area but my desktop is getting full and I need to get some of these posted so, here goes.

Cullman, Alabama

Gadsden, Alabama

Madison, Alabama

Northern Alabama

I included that last one just for the hell of it. Like I said, I know there is a lot more hail damage that will be confirmed from this area but this is what I've got for the moment. I've got a whole string of hail damage report confirmations in Tennessee that I will be getting posted tonight so be sure to check back in later.

North Texas Hail Damage Reports Confirmed

noreply@blogger.com (Hail Chaser) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:14:00 +0000

It looks like the whole north side of the Dallas / Fort Worth metroplex had a series of nasty storms move across last night and I've been able to run down a few hail damage report confirmations for you so far this morning. So far I have been able to find confirmations of the hail reports in the following cities and towns of north Texas;

Grapevine, Texas

Keller, Texas

Southlake, Texas

Roanoke, Texas

Agnes, Texas

Springtown, Texas

I have been able to confirm the damaging hail reports in these towns through news reports and pictures that I found here, here and here. It looks like the heaviest hit area is going to be from Keller to Southlake and over to Grapevine with hailstone sizes making it up to nearly baseball size. I'm also picking up some chatter about damaging hail in the Watauga, Copell and Colleyville, TX areas but I haven't been able to confirm anything yet.

There is probably quite a bit of good golf ball size hail damage to a lot of cars all the way across the entire northern metroplex. Unfortunately, these areas get hit frequently enough that the folks just aren't that excited about reporting anything smaller than baseball hail.

That's it for now but we'll keep our eyes open and ours to the ground so we can bring you any more hail damage report confirmations as soon as we find them. Good luck!

Louisiana Hail Damage Report Confirmations

noreply@blogger.com (Hail Chaser) — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:12:00 +0000

This hail damage confirmation report is a but of a mixed bag because, while it does contain some actual confirmations, it also is going to report about a lack of information at all concerning other hail reports. I was able to find some images of some of the hail that fell in Louisiana here. The towns with confirmed hail damage reports are;

Longville, Louisiana

Ragley, Louisiana

Unfortunately, I have not been able to turn up any kind of confirmation at all for the hail damage reports out of Eunice, Louisiana or Franklin, Louisiana. I have been able to find a lot of information about a storm that hit Franklin but it is all talking about heavy wind or tornado damage there is not any mention or photos of hail damage at all.

The towns that have been confirmed for damaging hail are pretty small and would hardly warrant a trip by themselves but if you are headed over to run the Texas hail damage north of Houston, it might be worth checking out.

That's all of the hail damage report confirmations I have for now but I will be posting some random information I have picked up through a few conversations and emails with several people out there running the roads. So check back soon for some more hail damage confirmations and info.

Texas Hail Damage Confirmations

noreply@blogger.com (Hail Chaser) — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:59:00 +0000

After wading through all the pictures in the gallery here, I was able to get confirmations on the hail damage reports for the following Texas towns;

Conroe, TX - From the pictures, some of this hail was really bad.

Cleveland, TX

Humble, TX

Cut and Shoot, TX - I've been through several times but never stopped. I always wanted to be able to say I had worked there.

Crosby, TX

That's what I've been able to uncover so far about the Texas hail reports. I am developing some information about the Louisiana hail reports htat I'll be posting a little later.

Austin, Texas Hail Damage Report Follow -Up

noreply@blogger.com (Hail Chaser) — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 16:24:00 +0000

This is a follow-up post to the Austin, Texas Hail Damage Report Confirmations post from the Thursday. It looks like the hail damage in and around the North side of Austin is both more wide spread and severe than it looked like at first. Here are a few videos of the actual hailstorm in Austin and right after it.

As you can see, this was a bad storm. I have talked to a couple of different guys that are on the ground in Austin and they tell me that there are a lot of hail damaged cars in the area and the body shops are getting packed in already. They tell me there is quite a bit of good, PDR repairable damage but there are also a lot of really hard hit vehicles that are going to be totaled.

That's what I know about the Austin, TX hail damage. I'll be making more posts today as I am able to confirm more of these other Texas and Louisiana hail damage reports.

Austin, Texas Hail Damage Report Confirmations

noreply@blogger.com (Hail Chaser) — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:11:00 +0000

The hail damage reports from Austin, Texas and the areas to the northwest of the metro are totally legitimate. The pictures I have been looking at show a widespread hailstorm across the Northwest part of Austin with some heavily hail damaged cars. This storm came through at or near the evening rush hour and caught a ton of cars on the highway in mid commute. This is the list of confirmations I have verified so far;

NW Austin, TX - At Spicewood near Bull Creek / Cypress Creek & Lakeline / 620 & El Saliba

Marble Falls, TX

Lago Vista, TX

I don't know if these are towns or subdivisions but I have hail damage confirmations for Cottonwood and Cedar Park also.

This is a pretty big storm guys. Some of this hail is very large too. It looks like there is going to be a lot of broken glass and paint but there should be a lot of good work also. Here are some picture resources you can check out here and here.

There have probably already been more reports since I started writing this post so I will be bringing you up-to-date hail damage report confirmations as soon as I make them.

Stillwater, OK and Omaha, NE Hail Damage Update

noreply@blogger.com (Hail Chaser) — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:37:00 +0000

Sorry it has taken me so long to get back to you guys with a hail damage report update but I've been searching high and low for some decent information and, unfortunately, I'm not really coming up with much.

The information I've been finding make me stick by my assessment of the Omaha, Nebraska hail damage reports that I wrote Monday night. In short, a lot of small stuff with a few larger stones scattered around but nothing too serious. If you live close you might be able to pick up a little bit but I don't think there is going to be much out of that one.

I have nt been able to come up with any kind of reasonable confirmation to the Stillwater, Oklahoma hail report so, at this time I have to call it a bust unless something else comes up. Of course, I know all you hail chasers are only worried about what is happening right now, aren't you? You probably already forgot about those two reports because you're so concentrated on Texas right this minute.

Well, I am too. As soon as I have some good information for you on the Texas or Lousianna hail damage reports I'll be posting again.

Omaha, Nebraska Hail Damage Report

noreply@blogger.com (Hail Chaser) — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 04:02:00 +0000

Yes, I saw the report come across the wire for the hail damage in Omaha, Nebraska from golfball hail and, yes, I have been trying to verify it through the local media websites. Here is what I have been able to find out so far.

There may have been some golf ball hail in these storms but, judging by the viewer submitted pictures I've seen, the hail from both storms was mostly marble to quarter size with a few larger stones mixed in. I have seen a few pics of 1.5" to, maybe, 2" hail stones but I had to luck at a bunch of pictures of small stuff to find them and it seems like the larger hail was in the Millard, Nebraska area. Here are the biggest stones I found pics of, here, here and here. Of course, it's early yet and there may be a lot more information coming out in the morning but for right now, I wouldn't drive more than a few hours to run on this one.

That's what I've got for now. If there is more hail damage information to be had in the morning I'll be bringing it to you. For now, I'm going to bed.

Atlanta, Georgia Area Hail Damage Update

noreply@blogger.com (Hail Chaser) — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:54:00 +0000

This post is an update to the earlier Georgia Hail Damage post.

I have been in contact with a couple of professional that are actually on the scene in the Atlanta area and have actually seen the hail damage with their own eyes. They gave me this update and I wanted to pass it along to you guys so you don't waste any more time than you have to out there chasing the real hail damage down.

The reports I'm getting tell me that the hail that hi the northern parts of the Atlanta metro were very light and there is very little actual damage. What this probably means is that the storms were extremely small and the pictures that came out of that area were probably from a fairly concentrated area. Either way, if you have found something in that part of town, good for you. If you haven't, you probably don't want to waste your time trying.

The other report I'm hearing is that the areas south of the city are hammered with lots of wide-spread and heavy hail damage. This is probably going to be the most productive area to hit if you haven't got anything going yet.

Thanks guys for the "on the ground updates", they are invaluable.

I just want to be clear with you guys though, everybody is saying this stuff is really hard hit. I'm sure there are going to be plenty of moderately hail damaged cars in this storm, it's just too wide-spread not to, but if you just spent the last winter learning paintless dent repair, this probably isn't the storm you want to cut your teeth on. Just be patient, there will be plenty of good hail damage to work on soon enough.

Remember, you only get one chance to make a first impression. If you go to work for some broker and can't fix the hail damage, they will label you a hack and won't ever hire you again. If you do go out and try to work this stuff, at least be up front about your experience. They will probably be a lot more likely to cut you some slack than if you try to pretend to know what you're doing. Believe me, it will show. You will honestly be better off waiting for some good hail damage, I promise.

Hail Storm Damage In Georgia (Confirmed)

noreply@blogger.com (Hail Chaser) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:13:00 +0000

The amount of confirmed hail storm damage in north Georgia is amazing!

The storms yesterday in Georgia seem to have left two separate but impressive paths of hail damage through and near the Atlanta metro area. If you have a bunch of extra time on your hands you can weed through the photos of the hail stones from these storms in the hail storm photo galleries here, here and here. Or you can just trust me that I have waded through all the pages of, "Sally holding a humongous hail stone the size of a golfball!" pics and put together the following list of the towns that have confirmed hail damage.

McDonough, GA (Hail Damage Confirmed)
Chamblee, GA (Hail Damage Confirmed)
Tyrone, GA (Hail Damage Confirmed)
Lilburn, GA (Hail Damage Confirmed)
Loganville, GA (Hail Damage Confirmed)
Tucker, GA (Hail Damage Confirmed)
Fayetteville, GA (Hail Damage Confirmed)
Carrolton GA (Hail Damage Confirmed)
Palmetto, GA (Hail Damage Confirmed)
Brookhaven, GA (Hail Damage Confirmed)

Those of you paying attention will notice there are a couple of towns on the list that were not on the hail damage reports from the SPC. If you plot these out on your map you will see that basically there were two hail damage paths, one across the north Atlanta metro and one across northern Coweta, Fayette, Spalding and Henry counties. Both of these areas are well populated (of course, the metro is a lot more densely populated) and the hail damage areas are very widespread.

Alabama Hail Damage Reports and Confirmations

noreply@blogger.com (Hail Chaser) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:57:00 +0000

At this point I have only been able to partially confirm some of the Alabama hail reports so, as usual, I'm only going to give you the good stuff without the guessing but I do have a bonus guess for you that I'll throw in at the end after the sure stuff. Let's get started on this batch of hail reports and confirmations.

Anniston, Alabama Hail Reports (Partially Confirmed)

I don't have a direct confirmation of the Anniston, AL hail report but I do have confirmations from around it. First I found a picture of some hail stones form Weaver, Alabama which is a few miles north west of Anniston. The hail stones aren't very big but they look like they might be quarter to half dollar size. This next picture comes from Goldsprings, AL which is where the original Anniston, AL hail report came out of. These stones were easily half dollar to golf ball before they melted down.

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Fayetteville, Georgia Hail Damage Confirmation

Instead of making a new post, I just decided to update this on. This video shows some pretty conclusive confirmation of hail damage in Fayetteville, GA. Check it out.

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OK, those are the confirmations of the Alabama hail reports that I have been able to get so far. Now for your bonus. This is one of those things that is a little hard to explain unless you have been out there chasing those beautiful sleeper storms that didn't make the report.

Check out this video of baseball hail in Sharpsburg, Georgia.

Now check out this video of hail falling in Fayetteville, Georgia.

The Sharpsburg hail is huge and it's out in the country so it's not worth running on and the Fayetteville hail looks kind of small to me. So these are a waste of time to fool with, just skip 'em and move on right?

Pull out your map and look at exactly where these two towns are. Sitting almost directly between these two towns is Peachtree City, Georgia. Now that would be a town worth fooling with, right. I'm not making any kind of promises. I'm just saying, if you decide to load up the PDR tools and hit the road in search of some work, you might want to swing through that area. I've found sleeper storms on a whole lot less information that that.

That's it for now but I'll keep working it and wouldn't be surprised if I end up making another post tonight or in the morning. I will if I can confirm any more hail damage reports.

Kentucky Hail Damage Reports and Confirmations

noreply@blogger.com (Hail Chaser) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:11:00 +0000

I've got some pretty strong hail damage report confirmations out of Kentucky for you this time and it looks like it might be a bit of a long evening with more reports coming in from Alabama and Georgia so let's get started with the hail report confirmations. This Post is only going to cover the Kentucky hail reports.

Monticello, Kentucky Hail Reports (Confirmed)

I was able to come up with this picture of the hail stones from the Monticello, KY hail storm. This one is obviously legitimate.

Burgin, Kentucky Hail Reports (Confirmed)

This next image is out of Burgin, Kentucky which is just east of Harrodsburg, KY. This hail isn't as large as the stones in Monticello but they are big enough to cause some damage. I would say that the hail report out of Harrodsburg is worth checking out in person.

That's what I have for now. I haven't been able to get any confirmation of the Richmond, Kentucky hail reports yet but I'm still looking. I'm also working on the Alabama hail reports right now and will be posting about them shortly. Yes, I have some Alabama hail damage report confirmations too!

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noreply@blogger.com (Hail Chaser) — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:54:00 +0000

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Thanks for your patience while I take care of those pesky legal things :)

Don't worry, the pause for the legal cause is now over and I'm back to digging up and confirming hail damage reports for you!

Oklahoma Hail Damage Reports

noreply@blogger.com (Hail Chaser) — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:23:00 +0000

These hail damage reports from Oklahoma are looking good!

It's too early yet too get any on-the-ground confirmations and cool pictures of all the hail damage and huge hail stones but if I were going to run this storm, I would already be headed that way. Everything about this storm looks really legit.

I know, I've run plenty of bogus hail reports in Oklahoma over the years but this one looks better than most. If you watch this video from KOCO TV in Oklahoma City you will see them switch over to the radar and show a massive area of hail moving across the north side of the storm.

Just lay your map down and draw a line from just east of Yukon, Oklahoma, to Stillwater, Oklahoma and that's going to be your hail damage path. You'll see that path crosses through the north side of Edmond, Oklahoma as well as Guthrie and Coyle, Oklahoma, all the way up into the Wynona area.

The bottom line is, if your are ready to run this season, this is as good as any to hit the trail for. I'll be watching the reports and as soon as the news outlets start writing their stories I'll start posting the confirmations.

It's looking like this should be a good night for Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri hail damage reports!