HailChatter

About HailChatter

Welcome to HailChatter, the HailTrace podcast that helps those in the restoration industry understand weather and its impact on their work. Hosted by HailTrace's Taylor Cox, Digital Meteorologist with 5 years of experience in Plains weather, and Collin Hunt, Product Evangelist with 7 years experience in product messaging. Discover answers to questions like: Is there an off-season for hail? Are NOAA reports enough? What causes hard vs. soft hail? Tune in every other Tuesday as we break down storms, uncover opportunities, and help the restoration industry weather every season.

Publisher

HailTrace

Category

science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

29 Jan 2025

Latest episode

2 Dec 2025

Latest episodes

20 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   2 Dec 2025

   Mayfield, KY EF4 Tornado - America’s Deadliest December Storm | S2 E9 | HailChatter | HailTrace

   Meteorologists Taylor Cox and Collin Hunt examine the atmospheric conditions and unusual characteristics of the EF4 tornado that devastated Mayfield, Kentucky, in December 2021, and share the HailTrace team's recovery efforts in this interview episode.

2. 

   4 Nov 2025

   It's Not All About Size! Ground Breaking New Hail Study | S2 E8 | HailChatter | HailTrace

   Meteorologists Taylor Cox and Collin Hunt interview Becky Adams-Selin and Dr. John Allen about the ICECHIP hail research, which reveals surprising updraft velocities and insights into hailstone strength, potentially reshaping forecasting and damage assessment.

3. 

   22 Oct 2025

   Enderlin EF-5 Tornado! Meteorologists React To The Rare Upgrade | S2 E7 | HailChatter | HailTrace

   Meteorologists Taylor Cox, Collin Hunt, Heather Kay, Mikayla Smith, Joey Kragness, Ben Baranowski, and Derik Kline analyze the Enderlin tornado upgrade from EF-3 to EF-5, exploring radar signatures, storm interactions, and the EF scale's limitations in this interview episode.

Who has been a guest on HailChatter

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Becky Adams-Selin
• Dr John Allen
• Heather Kay
• Mikayla Smith
• Joey Kragness

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 19 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

37

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

0