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Heavy Hailstone May Smash U.S. Record

Giant ice chunk fell near Vivian last week

Jeff Martin This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it • July 28, 2010

 

A giant chunk of hail that smashed into the South Dakota prairie Friday night might become the heaviest in U.S. history.

It's also among the largest, depending on how it's measured - and whether a committee of scientists agrees.

The hailstone weighed almost 2 pounds. It was 18.5 inches in circumference and 8 inches in diameter when measured over the weekend, after considerable melting.

Leslie Scott found the hail outside his home near Vivian and put it in the freezer. But a power outage that lasted five or six hours took about 3 inches off the diameter by the time it was measured by a National Weather Service employee. Officials at the weather service told him to stop opening the freezer to let neighbors marvel at the hailstone.

Last Updated (Thursday, 29 July 2010 08:33)

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