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srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/210429132347-02-texas-hail.jpg?q=x_3,y_281,h_1684,w_2993,c_crop\/w_860\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/210429132347-02-texas-hail.jpg?q=x_3,y_281,h_1684,w_2993,c_crop\/w_860\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/210429132347-02-texas-hail.jpg?q=x_3,y_281,h_1684,w_2993,c_crop\/w_860\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image__dam-img\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/210429132347-02-texas-hail.jpg?q=x_3,y_281,h_1684,w_2993,c_crop\/w_860\" alt=\"CNN meteorologist, Haley Brink, shares this image of a hail-damaged car in North Fort Worth, near Keller, Texas, on Wednesday night.\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2250\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"image__metadata\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"video-resource__overlay\">\n<div class=\"video-resource__controls\">\n<div class=\"video-resource__playhead\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"video-resource__info\">\n<div class=\"video-resource__chyron-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-resource__chyron\">Hail was so massive that it penetrated into homes and left cars windowless<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"video-resource__runtime\">0:59<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__content-container\">\n<div class=\"article__content\" data-editable=\"content\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-5d3376ffb1e93288b3cf40dee819889a@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">Thunderstorms can bring dangerous lightning, heavy rain, strong winds and sometimes ice stones falling from the sky \u2013 known, of course, as hail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-2bb8a84ef6988c647d3e738197b1f3f4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">Hail generally ranges from pea- to softball-sized and can damage property and injure people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-3b59708e987deb527e5931e7a30f0e48@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">Hail forms when warming at the Earth\u2019s surface causes water to evaporate and rise, eventually reaching freezing temperatures higher in the atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-ef7e84ebd7087638fe6c302dbbd772cf@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">Hail formation can be broken into two types: wet growth or dry growth, according to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/jetstream\/hail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0the National Weather Service<\/a>. Here\u2019s what they are:<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"wet-growth\" class=\"subheader inline-placeholder subheader-elevate vossi-subheader_elevate vossi-subheader_elevate--size-h2\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/subheader\/instances\/subheader-d823586ac391e126ce98de489b690d20@published\" data-component-name=\"subheader\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">Wet growth<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-35ccc094dad1587119c0c9c0653f6431@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">During wet growth, evaporated droplets just above the freezing line in the atmosphere form tiny pieces of ice, which then collide with \u201csupercooled\u201d water droplets surrounded by freezing \u2013 but not fully frozen \u2013 air.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-84421f49dab9ec91aff1fd55d24d8ab8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">The new formations then fall and freeze together relatively slowly, which can give hail interesting shapes depending on how the pieces combine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-022814f03c58c41159be836ce5da7174@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">Since freezing isn\u2019t immediate during wet growth, air bubbles can escape, which makes these hailstones partially clear.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-elevate vossi-image_elevate image__hide-placeholder image--eq-extra-small image--eq-small image--eq-large\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/image-16a59960b28f2c56b8b6edab02b5d95e@published\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"02 hail formation 042523\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--eq-large&quot;: 660}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\" data-original-height=\"2000\" data-original-width=\"3000\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/230425190247-02-hail-formation-042523.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--show-credits&quot;: 525}\"><picture class=\"image__picture\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/230425190247-02-hail-formation-042523.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_679,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/230425190247-02-hail-formation-042523.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_967,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/230425190247-02-hail-formation-042523.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_1159,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/230425190247-02-hail-formation-042523.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_1093,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/230425190247-02-hail-formation-042523.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_1316,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image__dam-img\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/230425190247-02-hail-formation-042523.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_1093,c_fill\" alt=\"A boy holds hailstones after a storm.\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"image__metadata-wrapper media__metadata-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image__metadata-container media__metadata-container\">\n<div class=\"image-elevate__metadata media__metadata vossi-image_elevate__metadata\">\n<div class=\"image-elevate__caption vossi-image_elevate__caption attribution\"><span class=\"inline-placeholder\" data-editable=\"metaCaption\">A boy holds hailstones after a storm.<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Jenny Dettrick\/Moment RF\/Getty Images<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"dry-growth\" class=\"subheader inline-placeholder subheader-elevate vossi-subheader_elevate vossi-subheader_elevate--size-h2\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/subheader\/instances\/subheader-3a95bd1affa60a6eee369cf85736bd16@published\" data-component-name=\"subheader\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">Dry growth<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-b017ff6745f1ce67da5ed6d7a183bd2c@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">Dry growth happens when temperatures are far enough below freezing that the water droplets freeze immediately when they collide with the small piece of ice that becomes the center of the hailstone, also called a hailstone nucleus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-301769c1d2349d8796cdded690752351@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">Since the stone forms from immediate freezing, air bubbles remain and it appears cloudy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-elevate vossi-image_elevate image__hide-placeholder image--eq-extra-small image--eq-small image--eq-large\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/image-8536d1acb540472e579a0349936132fc@published\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"01 hail formation 042523\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--eq-large&quot;: 660}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.663\" data-original-height=\"1989\" data-original-width=\"3000\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/230425190246-01-hail-formation-042523.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--show-credits&quot;: 525}\"><picture class=\"image__picture\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/230425190246-01-hail-formation-042523.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_679,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/230425190246-01-hail-formation-042523.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_967,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/230425190246-01-hail-formation-042523.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_1159,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/230425190246-01-hail-formation-042523.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_1093,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/230425190246-01-hail-formation-042523.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_1316,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image__dam-img\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/230425190246-01-hail-formation-042523.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_1093,c_fill\" alt=\"Hailstones sit on the ground after a storm.\" width=\"3000\" height=\"1989\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"image__metadata-wrapper media__metadata-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image__metadata-container media__metadata-container\">\n<div class=\"image-elevate__metadata media__metadata vossi-image_elevate__metadata\">\n<div class=\"image-elevate__caption vossi-image_elevate__caption attribution\"><span class=\"inline-placeholder\" data-editable=\"metaCaption\">Hailstones sit on the ground after a storm.<\/span><\/div>\n<p>ljphoto7\/iStockphoto\/Getty Images<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"how-hail-gets-much-much-bigger\" class=\"subheader inline-placeholder subheader-elevate vossi-subheader_elevate vossi-subheader_elevate--size-h2\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/subheader\/instances\/subheader-bb1c032670f603565f75f958dbea2c45@published\" data-component-name=\"subheader\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">How hail gets much, much bigger<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-fecdd619df368cba5660811f0eb82527@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">Hail is measured by its diameter and most often referred to by common items close to its size.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-elevate vossi-image_elevate image__hide-placeholder image--eq-extra-small image--eq-small image--eq-large\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/image-ca476589dc679c4db7df4aa7c636d480@published\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"wather hail size chart\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--eq-large&quot;: 660}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.5625\" data-original-height=\"1080\" data-original-width=\"1920\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/230425124041-wather-hail-size-chart.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--show-credits&quot;: 525}\"><picture class=\"image__picture\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/230425124041-wather-hail-size-chart.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_679,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/230425124041-wather-hail-size-chart.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_967,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/230425124041-wather-hail-size-chart.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_1159,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/230425124041-wather-hail-size-chart.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_1093,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/230425124041-wather-hail-size-chart.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_1316,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image__dam-img\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/230425124041-wather-hail-size-chart.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_1093,c_fill\" alt=\"This chart shows how hail is commonly named, in reference to its size.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"image__metadata-wrapper media__metadata-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image__metadata-container media__metadata-container\">\n<div class=\"image-elevate__metadata media__metadata vossi-image_elevate__metadata\">\n<div class=\"image-elevate__caption vossi-image_elevate__caption attribution\"><span class=\"inline-placeholder\" data-editable=\"metaCaption\">This chart shows how hail is commonly named, in reference to its size.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-3cf0678b0277e174d1afe28fb5f2d649@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">Hail can only get bigger if there is an updraft in a thunderstorm that suspends it long enough for more freezing to occur.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-f62de7acbc8721d4f2e20bf35865aeba@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">If a hailstone is blown away from the updraft, it falls to the ground.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-06d5b13c8813359bc113898d088a8894@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">But if it\u2019s picked up by rising air within the thunderstorm and thrown back into the atmosphere above the freezing line, it refreezes and grows more \u2013 potentially producing large hail, especially if the cycle repeats again and again.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-elevate vossi-image_elevate image__hide-placeholder image--eq-extra-small image--eq-small image--eq-large\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/image-48caff9a5c00341443d25668595d306c@published\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"03 hail formation 042523\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--eq-large&quot;: 660}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6886666666666666\" data-original-height=\"2066\" data-original-width=\"3000\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/230425190248-03-hail-formation-042523.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--show-credits&quot;: 525}\"><picture class=\"image__picture\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/230425190248-03-hail-formation-042523.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_679,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/230425190248-03-hail-formation-042523.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_967,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/230425190248-03-hail-formation-042523.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_1159,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/230425190248-03-hail-formation-042523.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_1093,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/230425190248-03-hail-formation-042523.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_1316,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image__dam-img\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/230425190248-03-hail-formation-042523.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_1093,c_fill\" alt=\"A woman walks past a car hit by a hailstorm in southeastern France. \" width=\"3000\" height=\"2066\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"image__metadata-wrapper media__metadata-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image__metadata-container media__metadata-container\">\n<div class=\"image-elevate__metadata media__metadata vossi-image_elevate__metadata\">\n<div class=\"image-elevate__caption vossi-image_elevate__caption attribution\"><span class=\"inline-placeholder\" data-editable=\"metaCaption\">A woman walks past a car hit by a hailstorm in southeastern France.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Philippe Desmazes\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-2a61e77851284acf1991c51a8f54a63b@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">Then when the hail gets too heavy, it falls to the surface, damaging cars, homes and posing a danger to anyone outdoors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-1993dd45e5363238a1964baf897c5a77@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">Hailstones that get to be about 4 inches in diameter will fall to the ground at speeds over 100 mph,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssl.noaa.gov\/education\/svrwx101\/hail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-elevate vossi-image_elevate image__hide-placeholder image--eq-extra-small image--eq-small image--eq-large\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/image-1ad6447f1988e00d364ef95eeaff114e@published\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"weather big hail\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--eq-large&quot;: 660}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.75\" data-original-height=\"1200\" data-original-width=\"1600\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/230425123528-weather-big-hail.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--show-credits&quot;: 525}\"><picture class=\"image__picture\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/230425123528-weather-big-hail.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_679,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/230425123528-weather-big-hail.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_967,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/230425123528-weather-big-hail.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_1159,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/230425123528-weather-big-hail.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_1093,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/230425123528-weather-big-hail.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_1316,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image__dam-img\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/230425123528-weather-big-hail.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_1093,c_fill\" alt=\"The largest hailstone ever recorded measured 8 inches in diameter and weighed nearly 2 pounds. It fell in 2010 Vivian, South Dakota.\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"image__metadata-wrapper media__metadata-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image__metadata-container media__metadata-container\">\n<div class=\"image-elevate__metadata media__metadata vossi-image_elevate__metadata\">\n<div class=\"image-elevate__caption vossi-image_elevate__caption attribution\"><span class=\"inline-placeholder\" data-editable=\"metaCaption\">The largest hailstone ever recorded measured 8 inches in diameter and weighed nearly 2 pounds. It fell in 2010 Vivian, South Dakota.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-f603226c56293a14abd7b675635bdf7f@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">The largest hailstone ever recorded fell in 2010 in Vivian, South Dakota, and was 8 inches in diameter \u2013 about the size of a bowling ball \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/abr\/vivianhailstone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to the National Severe Storms Laboratory.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/section>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hail was so massive that it penetrated into homes and left cars windowless 0:59 Thunderstorms can bring dangerous lightning, heavy rain, strong winds and sometimes ice stones falling from the &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edmpackz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edmpackz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edmpackz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmpackz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmpackz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1499"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/edmpackz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1501,"href":"https:\/\/edmpackz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1499\/revisions\/1501"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmpackz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edmpackz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmpackz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmpackz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}