What The Hail???

[Scot LaFaive]

I don't see the unusual aspect of this. In Wisconsin I've heard all
sorts of hail sizes: nickel size, dime size, quarter size, golfball
size (though spherical).

Scot

On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 2:36 PM, Doug Harris <cats22 at frontiernet.net> wrote:
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> Just received from the National Weather Service in Albany NY:
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> AT 324 PM EDT.NATL WEATHER SVC DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A  SEVERE
> THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.AND  DAMAGING WINDS IN
> EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
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> That ain't no two-bit storm, but is maybe a Guinness-booker, if it's
> producing hail of _that_ size. (I always thought hail was more or less
> spherical. Less, apparently, in this instance.)
> dh
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