Skies turn dark, pressure changes, you hope for rain, but the worst has come. Slowly, white pellets descend from the sky. Your car is parked in the driveway, you are safely inside, but there is nothing you can do as you watch your car suffer thousands of dollars of damage as hail ricochets against the vehicle. On the afternoon of October 21, 2026, severe thunder cells swept across the Valley, dropping up to 2-inch diameter hail (ping-pong to golf-ball size) within minutes.