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Hail consists of frozen raindrops the largest recorded was 6 inches wide what would cause a hailstone to get so large?
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Hail is not simply frozen raindrops. Hail forms when a water droplet is carried into the upper part of a storm, freezes, falls, collects a new layer of moisture, then rises again to refreeze, this time into a larger piece of ice. This cycle repeats until the ahilstone is to heavy to be held up by air currents.
Large hail occurs in thunderstorms with very strong updrafts that can keep such large objects suspended. Typically the storm is a supercell, a thunderstorm with a powerful, rotating updraft capable of producing large hail and strong tornadoes.
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It depends on whether you measure diameter or circumference. The largest circumference was in a hailstone that fell near Aurora, Nebraska on June 22, 2003. It was 18.75 inches in circumference and 7 inches in diameter. The largest diameter was recorded near Vivian, South Dakota on July 23, 2010. The hailstone was 8 inches in diameter and 18.625 inches in circumference. The official record goes to the Vivian hailstone. This difference has to do with the fact that the largest hailstones are often lopsided.
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Where was the largest hailstone found?
It depends on whether you measure diameter or circumference. The largest circumference was in a hailstone that fell near Aurora, Nebraska on June 22, 2003. It was 18.75 inches in circumference and 7 inches in diameter. The largest diameter was recorded near Vivian, South Dakota on July 23, 2010. The hailstone was 8 inches in diameter and 18.625 inches in circumference. The official record goes to the Vivian hailstone. This difference has to do with the fact that the largest hailstones are often lopsided.
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