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From: ryan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Hail stone the size of a pineapple was found in Texas
URL: https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/a-hail-stone-the-size-of-a-pineapple-was-found-in-19497587.php
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A hail stone the size of a pineapple was found in Texas. It likely sets a state record Updated June 5, 2024 4:21 p.m. This photo provided by KWTV shows a hail stone, Sunday, June 2, 2024, near Vigo Park, Texas. The National Weather Service in Lubbock, Texas, said they believe the stone, which measured more than 7 inches long, is a new state record. (Val Castor/KWTV via AP) VIGO PARK, Texas (AP) — Storm trackers in the Texas Panhandle recovered a massive hail stone that researchers say is likely to be a new state record. Val and Amy Castor, veteran storm chasers with Oklahoma City television station KWTV, discovered a piece of hail more than 7 inches (17.78 centimeters) long Sunday along the side of the road near Vigo Park while they were chasing a major thunderstorm system. Val Castor said the stone was about the size of a pineapple. “That's the biggest hail I've ever seen, and I've been chasing storms for more than 30 years,” Castor said. Castor said several baseball-sized hail stones fell while he was driving, including one that cracked his windshield, before he spotted the big piece in a ditch on the side of the road. “I could see it from probably 100 yards away,” he said. The massive hail stone is believed to be a new state record, topping a 6.4-inch (16.25-centimeter) hail stone found in Hondo in 2021. It still must be confirmed by a group of researchers that includes the Texas state climatologist, said Jordan Salem, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in Lubbock. The heaviest hail stone on record in the United States had a reported diameter of 11 inches (27.94 centimeters) and weighed nearly 2 pounds (907 grams). It was discovered near Vivian, South Dakota, in July 2010, according to the National Centers for Environmental Information. |
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From: eaamon, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Hail stone the size of a pineapple was found in Texas
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you want to wear a good motorcycle helmet if out storm chasing. that could hurt bad. I have seen some 2/3 that size but hid under abandoned gas station canopy until it passed. that was about 20 years ago East of Amarillo TX. |
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