hailstone

Example Sentences

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"These things do sometimes happen, something may have struck the window, for example a bird, a large hailstone, it's not unheard of".

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2024

The record is now an official entry in the World Weather & Climate Extremes Archive, a sort of Guinness World Records for weather that also includes the heaviest hailstone and longest lightening flash.

From Reuters • Dec. 14, 2021

The current world record for a hailstone is 8 inches across, or about the size of a volleyball.

From Fox News • May 5, 2020

The hailstone fell in the yard of Cullman Tribune writer Craig Mann, who saved it before phoning the National Weather Service in Huntsville.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2018

The sky hurled hailstone after hailstone onto my field.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson