2 Inch Hail Near Cincinnati, OH 03-01-2017

Doppler radar detected Quarter size hail near Cincinnati, OH, South Bend, IN and Hamilton, OH on March 1, 2017. This hail storm was traveling ENE at 56 mph and the entire storm produced hail for roughly 5 hour(s). There were 32 spotter report(s) with reported max hail size of 2″ and an average hail size of 1.07″. We estimate that 232,088 buildings were in the affected area and the probability of hail DHI detected was significant. Based on this information, you can expect widespread, severe damage to tiled roofs, automobiles, and aircraft over highly populated areas. Risk of personal injury is also high, and is often accompanied by other severe weather events (wind, tornadoes).