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Offline Localonthe8s

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Hail
« on: March 30, 2011, 07:02:26 PM »
How big can hail be? I've seen reports on the net that there was basketball-sized hail in China ,is that even possible?!  :blink:
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Re: Hail
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2011, 07:09:08 PM »
Nipple Sizes Hail Stones

nuff said :P

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Re: Hail
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2011, 07:43:12 PM »
I haven't seen bigger hail in person (biggest I've seen in my life was golfball-sized hail).

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Re: Hail
« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2011, 07:56:38 PM »
Quote from: Meganium90 on March 30, 2011, 07:43:12 PM
I haven't seen bigger hail in person (biggest I've seen in my life was golfball-sized hail).

Oh, Zach.  :bleh:
Wow, was this in CA? I'd be surprised if hail got THAT big in California.

@ Zach, :rofl2: I think she meant to say nickel, but obviously there was a slip-up :P
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Re: Hail
« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2011, 08:25:29 PM »
There was an 8" (Just shy of soccer ball size) hail report in SD last year. That is the world record for large hail.

http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/weather/weather_news/Big-hail-Largest-hailstone-ever-found-in-South-Dakota-this-week
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Re: Hail
« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2011, 08:30:39 PM »
Don't know who told you that, but there has never been hail basketball sized recorded anywhere in the world. I'm sure if there was, though, it would destroy a call in seconds and probably instantly kill an unprotected human being.  :blink:

Matthew's right about the Vivian hailstone. The hailstone with the largest circumference (length of the stone all the way around) came in at 18.725 inches. That hailstone fell in Aurora, Nebraska. It previously held the record for the largest hail stone at 7 inches up until the Vivian stone.
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Re: Hail
« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2011, 10:49:18 PM »
Quote from: plane852 on March 30, 2011, 08:30:39 PM
Don't know who told you that, but there has never been hail basketball sized recorded anywhere in the world. I'm sure if there was, though, it would destroy a call in seconds and probably instantly kill an unprotected human being.  :blink:
Actually, just baseball-sized hail falling on you out in the open can kill you, and it has happened before.
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