Salado hailstone sets record for biggest in North and Central Texas, but not statewide
A hailstone with a diameter of 5.68 inches that fell in Salado on Tuesday didn’t set the record for the biggest that came crashing down in Texas, meteorologists said.
But the hailstone, which weighed nearly a pound and had a volume of 29.5 cubic inches, was the biggest one that hit in the National Weather Service Fort Worth’s region, which overlooks 46 counties in North and Central Texas, a tweet from the weather service said.
Salado residents snapped pictures of hailstones ranging in size from pebbles to golf balls, tennis balls, baseballs, and some as large as grapefruits that fell during a tornado earlier this week.
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Last year, during a storm in Hondo, located about 300 miles south of Fort Worth, and about 40 miles west of San Antonio, a hailstone reached nearly 6.5 inches in diameter. It was the largest ever recorded in the state.
The Hondo hailstone weighed 1.26 pounds, measured 19.7 inches in circumference and 6.4 inches in diameter with a volume of 40.2 cubic inches.
This story was originally published April 16, 2022 at 11:13 AM.
