PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
 839 AM MST THU OCT 7 2010
 
 ...HISTORICALLY LARGE HAIL ON TUESDAY OCTOBER 5...
 
 THE TENNIS BALL SIZED /2.5 INCH DIAMETER/ HAIL WHICH FELL IN 
 SCOTTSDALE ON OCTOBER 5 WAS SOME OF THE LARGEST HAIL EVER REPORTED 
 IN ARIZONA. BELOW IS A LISTING...BASED ON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
 RECORDS...OF THE LARGEST HAIL REPORTS:
 
 RANK   DIAMETER  COUNTY/LOCATION           DATE
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 1      4.50 IN   YAVAPAI/MAYER             09/28/1995
 2      4.00 IN   GRAHAM/E OF SAFFORD       03/12/1958
 3      3.00 IN   GILA/NW OF PAYSON         06/13/1955
 3(T)   3.00 IN   COCONINO/SE OF FLAGSTAFF  07/20/1998
 3(T)   3.00 IN   PIMA/TUCSON               08/28/2002
 6      2.75 IN   MARICOPA/NR CAVE CREEK    07/25/1990
 6(T)   2.75 IN   PIMA/ARAVICA              09/28/1995
 6(T)   2.75 IN   YAVAPAI/NE OF PRESCOTT    09/15/1999
 6(T)   2.75 IN   YAVAPAI/BLACK CANYON CTY  08/15/2003
 10     2.50 IN   GILA/SE OF PAYSON         09/17/1971
 10(T)  2.50 IN   GILA/NEAR GLOBE           10/02/1984
 10(T)  2.50 IN   MARICOPA/SCOTTSDALE       10/05/2010
 
 OF THE 12 EVENTS LISTED ABOVE...SEVEN OCCURRED DURING THE MONTHS OF 
 SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER. TUESDAY EVENING/S HAIL WAS ONLY THE SECOND 
 TIME THAT TENNIS BALL OR LARGER SIZED HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN 
 MARICOPA COUNTY.
 
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