- Be Informed
- 911
- Agriculture and Farm Operations
- Air Travelers
- Biological Threats
- Blizzards
- Bomb Threats
- Bus Travelers
- Business Community
- Carbon Monoxide
- Chemical Threats
- Clean Air
- Coping with Emergencies
- Cyber Attacks
- Donations
- Evacuation
- Extreme Cold
- Extreme Heat
- Financial Institutions
- Fires
- Flood Insurance Program
- Flooding
- Flooding - Living Behind a Levee
- Forms of Communication
- General Aviation
- Hail
- High-Rise Buildings
- Hobby Shops
- Home Safety
- Hotels and Motels
- Household Chemicals
- In a Moving Car
- Influenza Pandemics
- Multi-Family Dwellings
- Nuclear Threats
- Power Outages
- Radiation Threats
- Retail Stores
- Shelter In Place
- Storage and Warehouse Facilities
- Suspicious Packages
- Terrorism
- Thunderstorms
- Tornados
- Utilities
- Warning Sirens
- Winter Driving
- Winter Weather
- Be Informed
- 911
- Agriculture and Farm Operations
- Air Travelers
- Biological Threats
- Blizzards
- Bomb Threats
- Bus Travelers
- Business Community
- Carbon Monoxide
- Chemical Threats
- Clean Air
- Coping with Emergencies
- Cyber Attacks
- Donations
- Evacuation
- Extreme Cold
- Extreme Heat
- Financial Institutions
- Fires
- Flood Insurance Program
- Flooding
- Flooding - Living Behind a Levee
- Forms of Communication
- General Aviation
- Hail
- High-Rise Buildings
- Hobby Shops
- Home Safety
- Hotels and Motels
- Household Chemicals
- In a Moving Car
- Influenza Pandemics
- Multi-Family Dwellings
- Nuclear Threats
- Power Outages
- Radiation Threats
- Retail Stores
- Shelter In Place
- Storage and Warehouse Facilities
- Suspicious Packages
- Terrorism
- Thunderstorms
- Tornados
- Utilities
- Warning Sirens
- Winter Driving
- Winter Weather
Hail
Large hailstones can reach speeds of 100 mph by the time they reach the ground. If you are caught outside during a hailstorm, quickly seek shelter inside a building while protecting your head from the falling hail. A direct hit to your head could knock you unconscious.
Substantial structures and highway overpasses (out of traffic lanes) offer the best hail protection. An awning, a gas station overhang, or even an unexposed side of a building can also offer protection.
If you can’t find something to protect your entire body, at least find something to protect your head.
Stay out of culverts and lowland areas that might fill suddenly with water.
Trees are a last resort. It is common during severe storms for trees to lose branches. Also, large isolated trees attract lightning.