Hail the size of golf balls?

By adamg on Mon, 06/22/2015 - 4:44pm

Our own Mass. Emergency Management Agency warns we might need to get out the clubs to defend our homes from golf-ball-sized hail tomorrow afternoon - well, rush to a secure place away from windows. Granted, eastern Mass. has only a "low" risk of jumbo hail (as opposed to the "enhanced" risk west of 495), but the assessment also includes "a risk of isolated tornadoes," so keep your eyes on the skies tomorrow.

If you want to feel jitterier, there's always the ALL-CAPS rendition by the National Weather Service:

THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...BUT WILL DEPEND ON HOW MUCH SUNSHINE DEVELOPS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. IF ENOUGH SUNSHINE OCCURS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. ISOLATED WIND GUSTS OF 70+ MPH OR EVEN HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS WOULD BE A POSSIBILITY. IN ADDITION...AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO MAY OCCUR.

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Comments

Ugh

By ForzaInternazionale on Mon, 06/22/2015 - 4:54pm.

So glad I'm going out of town on Tuesday.

Why is hail always measured

By Dave on Mon, 06/22/2015 - 5:07pm.

Why is hail always measured in terms of sporting goods while tumors are compared to fruit?

--Mike Barnicle.

No, wait.

George Carlin.

Fore!

By whyaduck on Mon, 06/22/2015 - 5:11pm.

n/t

all caps

By Neighbor2 on Mon, 06/22/2015 - 5:23pm.

Anyone writing more than a brief sentence in all caps SHOULD BE BANNED from writing anything else. Weather service is bad. Lawyers are worse.

The NWS writes in all caps about all kinds of weather

By The Frying Pan of Reality on Mon, 06/22/2015 - 6:19pm.

Even their forecast for a perfect day at the beach is written in all caps. I think it has something to do with their equipment.

Can't speak for the lawyers. :)

I THINK THAT IT'S PROTOCOL IN SOME AREAS.

By be on Mon, 06/22/2015 - 6:39pm.

A RELATIVE OF MINE WORKS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING, AND SHE'S ALWAYS SENDING ME EMAILS / MESSAGES IN ALL CAPS. SHE SAID THAT THAT'S JUST WHAT THEY DO, AND THAT SHE WAS SORRY FOR THE NEGATIVE IMAGE IT MIGHT GIVE HER.

I SENT HER A LINK TO HOMESTARRUNNER DOT COM AND TOLD HER THAT, IF THERE WASN'T FAMILY BUSINESS INVOLVED, I LIKED TO READ THE MAILS OUT IN THE STRONG BAD VOICE. SHE GOT A KICK OUT OF THAT.

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PERHAPS THE NWS REPORTS WOULD SEEM LESS THREATENING IF WE ALL WERE TO READ THEM AS SUCH. WILL GIVE IT A TRY.

LIKE SHARKNADO

By dmcboston on Mon, 06/22/2015 - 9:40pm.

ONLY WITH GOLF BALL SIZE DINOSAURS STOP REMAIN INDOORS STOP DO NOT FEED THE DINOSAURS STOP TYPED ON A COMPY 386. STOP
END TRAFFIC

FIRST NUMBER ONE SUMMER JAM OF THE SUMMER.

By be on Mon, 06/22/2015 - 10:09pm.

DEDICATED TO EVERYBODY AT THE LIMIT OVAH WIFFLE-BALL SIZED HAIL.

https://youtu.be/KFNcStdF_Ok

HEY NOW

By Malcolm Tucker on Mon, 06/22/2015 - 9:18pm.

HAVEN'T YOU HEARD OF FEMINIST HULK?!

It'll be the same as every

By anon on Mon, 06/22/2015 - 8:10pm.

It'll be the same as every other time - Worcester and points west get nailed, while the storms fizzle out and fall apart as they approach Boston.

Until it isn't

By lbb on Mon, 06/22/2015 - 9:33pm.

I remember the day the tornado hit Springfield, being in Brighton and seeing mammatus clouds. I didn't know what they were but I knew it was time to get inside and stop sightseeing.

Hail is kinda like snow

By Stevil on Mon, 06/22/2015 - 9:05pm.

Do we need a French toast alert?

I substitute pancakes for French Toast - and Mrs. Stevil says it sounds like condition red!

http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/boston-ma/02108/weather-warnings/348735

Earlier the red stuff on the map only reached about as far east as Worcester.

Tornado Watch

By Dave on Tue, 06/23/2015 - 4:09pm.

Tornado Watch
Tornado Watch in effect until 11:00 PM EDT. Source: U.S. National Weather Service