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  • Location: South Shields Tyne & Wear half mile from the coast.
  • Location: South Shields Tyne & Wear half mile from the coast.
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I'm not so sure its a record as i think that still stands for the 7" (18.75" circumference) hail that smashed Aurora Nebraska in 2003 but seems this is pretty close as these stones were 6-7" and a circumference of 18.5". Either way that must have been one hell of a storm and extremely terrifying.

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http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=abr&storyid=55671&source=0

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  • Location: Solihull, Midlands. (Formerly DRL)
  • Weather Preferences: Sunshine, thunder, hail & heavy snow
  • Location: Solihull, Midlands. (Formerly DRL)
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Wow, man. That is what I would call one biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig hail stone. :good:

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  • Location: Watford, Hertfordshire, 68.7m ASL
  • Weather Preferences: Humid Continental Climate (Dfa / Dfb)
  • Location: Watford, Hertfordshire, 68.7m ASL
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Confirmed by NWS ABR: Hailstone that fell in Vivian, SD Friday officially largest ever in the US. 8" diameter.

so it was the largest ever hailstone ever to fall on us soil!! wow!!

haha!

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