It's a small world, take two

A visiting German meteorologist called in a hail report and estimated its size as being "twice the diameter of a 1-Euro coin" (read it with a German accent). I can only imagine the look on the face of the Weather Service person on the receiving end of the phone call.

NWUS54 KOUN 220905
LSROUN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
404 AM CDT TUE APR 22 2008

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...

..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0853 PM HAIL MAYSVILLE 34.82N 97.41W
04/21/2008 E1.95 INCH GARVIN OK STORM CHASER


HAIL WAS ABOUT TWICE THE DIAMETER OF A 1 EURO COIN.
REPORTED BY A METEOROLOGIST FROM MUNICH GERMANY.

Thanks to T. for pointing me to the preliminary storm report.

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