Current:Home > NewsA hail stone the size of a pineapple was found in Texas. It likely sets a state record-LoTradeCoin
A hail stone the size of a pineapple was found in Texas. It likely sets a state record
View Date:2024-12-23 19:21:18
VIGO PARK, Texas (AP) — Storm trackers in the Texas Panhandle recovered a massive hail stone that researchers say is likely to be a new state record.
Val and Amy Castor, veteran storm chasers with Oklahoma City television station KWTV, discovered a piece of hail more than 7 inches (17.78 centimeters) long Sunday along the side of the road near Vigo Park while they were chasing a major thunderstorm system.
Val Castor said the stone was about the size of a pineapple.
“That’s the biggest hail I’ve ever seen, and I’ve been chasing storms for more than 30 years,” Castor said.
Castor said several baseball-sized hail stones fell while he was driving, including one that cracked his windshield, before he spotted the big piece in a ditch on the side of the road.
“I could see it from probably 100 yards away,” he said.
The massive hail stone is believed to be a new state record, topping a 6.4-inch (16.25-centimeter) hail stone found in Hondo in 2021. It still must be confirmed by a group of researchers that includes the Texas state climatologist, said Jordan Salem, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in Lubbock.
The heaviest hail stone on record in the United States had a reported diameter of 11 inches (27.94 centimeters) and weighed nearly 2 pounds (907 grams). It was discovered near Vivian, South Dakota, in July 2010, according to the National Centers for Environmental Information.
veryGood! (42792)
Related
- ‘COP Fatigue’: Experts Warn That Size and Spectacle of Global Climate Summit Is Hindering Progress
- Infant mortality rate rose 8% in wake of Texas abortion ban, study shows
- 2024 NBA draft: Top prospects, rankings, best available players
- Local leaders say election districts dilute Black votes for panel governing Louisiana’s capital
- Nicole Scherzinger receives support from 'The View' hosts after election post controversy
- EPA Urges US Army to Test for PFAS in Creeks Flowing Out of Former Seneca Army Depot
- Woman 'intentionally' ran over boyfriend, baby after dispute, Florida police say
- Comfort Meets Style With the Must-Have Amazon Dress of the Summer
- Olympic Skier Lindsey Vonn Coming Out of Retirement at 40
- 'Forever 7': Grieving family of murdered Oklahoma girl eager for execution 40 years later
Ranking
- A crowd of strangers brought 613 cakes and then set out to eat them
- Biden pardons potentially thousands of ex-service members convicted under now-repealed gay sex ban
- Wisconsin youth prison staff member is declared brain-dead after inmate assault
- Michael Easton is leaving 'General Hospital': 'I've loved every minute'
- Tennis Channel suspends reporter after comments on Barbora Krejcikova's appearance
- 7 in 10 Americans think Supreme Court justices put ideology over impartiality: AP-NORC poll
- When space junk plummets to Earth and causes damage or injury, who pays?
- Valerie Bertinelli is on 'healing journey' after past 'toxic' relationships
Recommendation
-
Watch a rescuer’s cat-like reflexes pluck a kitten from mid-air after a scary fall
-
Jocelyn Nungaray timeline: After 12-year-old girl's body found, two charged with murder
-
Simon Cowell raves over 10-year-old's heavy metal performance on 'America's Got Talent': Watch
-
Amazon joins exclusive club, crossing $2 trillion in stock market value for the first time
-
California man allegedly shot couple and set their bodies, Teslas on fire in desert
-
Here's how and when to watch Simone Biles at 2024 U.S. Olympic gymnastics trials
-
Prospect of low-priced Chinese EVs reaching US from Mexico poses threat to automakers
-
Local leaders say election districts dilute Black votes for panel governing Louisiana’s capital