Tory Farney

The 2015 hail season got off to a relatively slow start before really kicking into gear beginning in late March. Multiple days of severe weather targeted the southern and central Plains in the months of April and May,...

A New Era of Hail Detection From 2011 into 2013, the entire contiguous United States radar network was upgraded to dual-polarization technology. For the radars, this simply meant that instead of emitting solely...

A Costly Claims Mistake In a typical year, around 5 percent of homeowners file a weather-related insurance claim in the United States. One of the most common perils filed is that of hail damage. Hailstorms can occur...