Butkowski’s cone-shaped cannon blasts a shock wave into the sky that travels at the speed of sound and breaks apart clouds, preventing them from forming hail stones.

The arsenal is unloaded, one specimen after another, by a hail cannon that shoots the projectiles at construction materials like siding and shingles that are available at hardware stores.

The arsenal is unloaded, one specimen after another, by a hail cannon that shoots the projectiles at construction materials like siding and shingles that are available at hardware stores.

💥🪨 Hail Cannon vs Roof Test 🏠 Published: July 2, 2025 at 6:38 PM Tags: news Adam Caskey sees the impacts of hail on a roof in this unique experiment ...

news Weather Hail on the way to North Texas? Here’s what you need to know (and how to protect yourself) Hailstones one inch in diameter or greater often result in property damage.

Inside the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety’s hail lab, lab technician Michelle McClain loads a 3D-printed hailstone into a cannon. She’s running a simulation on a patch of IBHS ...

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Hail has caused higher damage costs in the U.S. this year than hurricanes and floods put together. Research suggests climate change will make hailstones larger.

With a little ice and a big cannon, this research lab says it’s got lessons for the next rare hail storm.

Nearly 24 years after Missouri's worst hailstorm ever recorded, more and more damaging hail has been found throughout the state. Here's why.