The research paper is published in the Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. "People tend to think of a hailstone as a perfect sphere, like a golf ball or cricket ball," Dr. Soderholm said.

The longer the hail is suspended, the bigger it gets. To create a baseball-size hailstone, which is 2.75 inches, the updraft would need to be 80 to 100 mph and the hailstone would need to be ...

The record hailstone being measured next to a softball. The 21st time is the charm, apparently. Colorado officially has a new largest hailstone on record, according to the Colorado Climate Center.

Hailstorms are a fact of life in the Plains. But occasionally a severe thunderstorm manufactures a hailstone that sets a record. On May 23, 2011, 14 years ago today, a research group chasing a ...

One, a jagged behemoth with a 7-inch (17.8-centimeter) diameter, entered the record books as the largest U.S. hailstone ever. Although large in size, it didn't unseat the champion by weight ...

There's a new entry in Alabama's weather record books. A hailstone that fell March 19 in Cullman County during a round of severe weather has been declared the largest on record in the state.

A hailstone that hit Yuma County during Aug. 8’s wave of severe weather — including the strongest tornado ever recorded in Colorado — has officially broken the state record, climate officials ...

Hailstone library to improve extreme weather forecasting. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 31, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 08 / 240816121529.htm ...