Hail and Straight-Line Winds

Severe Weather Preparedness Week 2019, Day 3: High Winds & Hail

Hail and Straight-Line Winds can be Just as Deadly as Tornadoes!

 

Hail

• Move indoors and keep away from windows. If in a car, cover yourself in a blanket! Hail can shatter glass.
• Hail can exceed the size of softballs and fall at speeds over 100 miles per hour!

 

Straight-Line Winds

• The same safety rules for tornadoes apply!
• Avoid trees! Most related deaths and damages are from fallen trees.