The largest hailstone recorded in the USA [naturally!]
14 A June 2010 hailstorm in South Dakota dropped
the largest hailstone in U.S. history.
A large hailstone that fell in Cullman County on March 19 is now officially the largest recorded hailstone to fall in...
This hypothesis was quite quickly rejected when results began to conflict (there was more and bigger hail, or at least no detectable hail suppression as a result of the seeding) and it became understood that the seeding also produced stronger updrafts (due to the accelerated release of the latent heat of freezing by the silver iodide seeding), which, in turn, produced an environment which was conducive to the formation of even
larger hailstones.
RE # 34 & 40, something strange (according to our local weatherman) happened when Hurricane Emily came to us (its eye was about 70 - 80 miles south of us): There were lots of
large hailstones that came down around Brownsville, TX.
My main question had to do with
the large hailstones that actually came down during Emily.
Large hailstones can puncture vinyl siding, leaving holes that expose your home's housewrap and leave you vulnerable to leaks.
Not exact matches
Most hailstorms in this city produce hail that is less than 1 inch in diameter, but occasionally
hailstones are
larger than 1 inch, which can cause a lot of damage to windows, roofs and crops.