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Photos from the Oklahoma City area sent to CNN affiliate KOCO late Saturday showed hailstones ranging from about the size of a quarter to a golf ball, many of them spiked.
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Matthew Rehbein, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
Texas is being battered by huge hailstones the size of quarters, powerful winds of up to 65mph and thunderstorms on Christmas Eve.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
The hail comes just two days after Texans reported hailstones the size of quarters, powerful winds of up to 65mph and thunderstorms on Christmas Eve.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
Many Texans have been sharing footage and images of large hailstones that landed in their backyards.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
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Matthew Rehbein, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
Texas is being battered by huge hailstones the size of quarters, powerful winds of up to 65mph and thunderstorms on Christmas Eve.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
The hail comes just two days after Texans reported hailstones the size of quarters, powerful winds of up to 65mph and thunderstorms on Christmas Eve.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
Many Texans have been sharing footage and images of large hailstones that landed in their backyards.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
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“Hailstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hailstone. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.
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hailstone
noun
hail·stone
ˈhā(ə)l-ˌstōn 
: a small lump of hail
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