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Related: About this forumHailstones bigger than many grapefruits pummel a north Texas town on Friday
There's hail, there's big hail, and then there's what fell on Burkburnett, Texas, about 10 miles north of Wichita Falls, on Friday afternoon. Hail topping five inches in diameter crashed like meteors on the town, punching holes through home roofs and leaving craters in the ground.
Officially, the largest recovered stone came in at a whopping 5.33 inches across, roughly the length of an iPhone 6. To put it differently, this hail was wider than many grapefruits and exceeded the diameter of a typical DVD. It weighed in at nearly a pound.
One of the largest hailstones was first measured by a broadcast meteorologist from a Wichita Falls station, which led to the 5.33-inch value that officially went in the books. Rick Smith, the warning coordination meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in Norman, Okla., stopped by to investigate the hail while en route to inspect for nearby tornado damage.
"I went down there to survey the tornado tracks, and was especially interested in what happened west of Bowie," Smith said. He said he was skeptical after seeing the photos on social media but was able to confirm what happened.
Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/article/Hailstones-bigger-than-many-grapefruits-pummel-a-15292276.php
Photo: Rick Smith/NWS Norman
duforsure
(11,882 posts)Being a 100 miles northwest of Houston we had some around but not that size, and very small. Thank goodness. Feel for all hit by this , and having so much damage . Thanks for posting this TexasTowelie.
Shermann
(7,358 posts)jimfields33
(15,473 posts)2naSalit
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(15,473 posts)Blue Owl
(49,934 posts)While he was golfing?