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Offline lddaly

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World Record Hailstone!
« on: July 28, 2010, 01:45:04 PM »
VIVIAN, SD - A small South Dakota town is being recognized for a big find after last Friday's storms.

It was Friday afternoon when a line of thunderstorms fired up in central South Dakota. High winds, heavy rains and even a possible tornado rolled through the town of Vivian. But now days later, a hailstone picked up just moments after the storm is getting worldwide attention....

http://www.keloland.com/News/NewsDetail6371.cfm?Id=102949

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Offline SylvaniaWeather

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Re: World Record Hailstone!
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2010, 02:22:53 PM »
Yikes!  :eek:
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Offline Chris H.

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Re: World Record Hailstone!
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2010, 02:58:12 PM »
$#!^


That's huge! Is that bigger than the Aurora, NE hailstone of 2003?  :shock:
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Offline lddaly

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Re: World Record Hailstone!
« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2010, 03:12:14 PM »
1.9375 pounds and 18.5 inches around is truly amazing... then you read the last sentence: :shock:

"As impressive as the size and weight are, it may have topped two pounds when it fell from the sky. While Scott placed it in the freezer, the power was out for six hours following the storm, and it likely melted a bit in that time. "
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Re: World Record Hailstone!
« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2010, 08:57:15 PM »
I'll bet the insurance companies were all reviewing their 'Act of God' clauses at the time that storm hit. :roll:
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Re: World Record Hailstone!
« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2010, 06:46:08 AM »
Quote from: DanS on July 28, 2010, 08:57:15 PM
I'll bet the insurance companies were all reviewing their 'Act of God' clauses at the time that storm hit. :roll:

Thats the same thing I told my wife over dinner last night, after we saw the story on the news.  :eek:
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Re: World Record Hailstone!
« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2010, 08:13:24 AM »
OK we got golf ball, tennis ball, baseball, softball...let's add bowling ball to that list.
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Offline Chris H.

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Re: World Record Hailstone!
« Reply #7 on: July 29, 2010, 03:10:48 PM »
Quote from: HailHunter on July 29, 2010, 08:13:24 AM
OK we got golf ball, tennis ball, baseball, softball...let's add bowling ball to that list.

We got grapefruit..cantaloupe..watermelon..bowling ball...
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Offline tbern

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Re: World Record Hailstone!
« Reply #8 on: July 31, 2010, 02:26:48 PM »
on keloland news 7-30-2010,  both records of largest and heaviest hailstone in US were now official.
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Offline Shawn

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Re: World Record Hailstone!
« Reply #9 on: August 02, 2010, 09:26:32 PM »
It seems like this is the year where everything is breaking the record in severe weather. We are also having more rare events (Montana) and long-tracked larger tornadoes lately I have noticed.
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