The National Weather Service in launching new weather warning categories to better reflect the strength of an incoming storm. Starting today, forecasters will be adding damage threat categories to any severe weather warnings, including “considerable” and “destructive” damage. State Climatologist Trent Ford says this should give the public a clearer picture of what’s in store, since not all storms are created equal.
The “considerable” damage warning may include golf ball sized hail and/or 70 mile per hour winds, while the “destructive” warning has the potential for baseball size hail and/or 80 mile per hour winds.
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