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2024 Hennepin County All -Jurisdiction Hazard Mitigation Plan <br />Volume 2 — Hazard Inventory <br />On the road, many drivers make choices that ultimately compromise the safety of other motorists. Driving <br />into hail at highway speeds increases a hailstone's momentum (and therefore impact) substantially. Thus, <br />if it begins hailing while driving, slow down and look for potential shelter options off the road. There may <br />be none, but slowing down will reduce the impact of hail to the vehicle, reducing the risk for damage, and <br />potential injury from shattered glass. If slowing down does not adequately reduce the risks, pull <br />completely off the road, never under an overpass, and stop. <br />4.3.4.14. References <br />Aon-Benfield, August 2013 Global Catastrophe Recap, <br />http://thoughtleadership.aonbenfield.com/Documents/20130904 if august global recap.pdf <br />Brooks, H. E., 2013: Severe thunderstorms and climate change. Atmos. Res., 123, 129-138. <br />Changnon, S. A., D. Changnon, and S. Hilberg, 2009: Hailstorms across the nation. Illinois State Water <br />Survey, Champaign, IL, <br />Doswell, C. A., H. E. Brooks, and M. P. Kay, 2005: Climatological Estimates of Daily Local Nontornadic <br />Severe Thunderstorm Probability for the United States. Wea. Forecasting Weather and <br />Forecasting, 20, 577-595, doi:10.1175/waf866.1. <br />Hail Basics. NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory, <br />http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/svrwxl01/hail/ (Accessed February 25, 2016). <br />Hail Size as Related to Objects (Storm Prediction Center), <br />http://www.spc.noaa.gov/misc/tables/haiIsize.htm (Accessed February 25, 2016). <br />Marshall, T.P., R. Herzog, S. Morrison, and S. Smith. 2002. Hail Damage Threshold Sizes for Common <br />Roofing and Siding Materials. 21st Conf.Severe Local Storms. American Meteorological Society. <br />Minnesota DNR, National Night Out Storm: August 6, 2013. <br />http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/climate/journa1/130806 national night out storm.html <br />NCDC, Storm data and unusual weather phenomena with late reports and corrections: May 1998, <br />volume 40. <br />NCDC, Storm Events Database: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/ <br />NOAA/NWS, JetStream - Thunderstorm Hazards: Hail <br />http://www.srh.noaa.gov/wetstream/tstorms/hail.htm <br />Storm Prediction Center, National Severe Weather Database Browser (Online SeverePlot 3.0), <br />http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/online/sp3/plot.php <br />Storm Prediction Center (SPC), Storm Prediction Center WCM Page, http://www.spc.noaa.gov/wcm/ <br />107 <br />