Hail in Matanuska Valley, Alaska

Hail August 18, 2015 · Matanuska Valley, Alaska

1 in

Hail diameter

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Largest hail reports were estimated from social media to be around 1.0 inch. An NWS employee reported 1.0 inch drifts of pea-sized hail.

The wider storm

Severe thunderstorms developed over the Matanuska and Susitna Valleys before moving over Cook Inlet and dying out. One storm over populated areas produced large hail. Another thunderstorm appeared severe on radar but was not in a populated area and did not produce any local storm reports.

Began near Wasilla (61.6200, -149.6000).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 593758. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

Tornadoes near your address

See every tornado that passed near a place you know, measured to its path.