Meet gargantuan hail. It's hail that's 6 inches across and larger, according to researchers who proposed the name
Once upon a time in a town in central Argentina, hailstones the size of footballs were so big that researchers needed a new category to describe them.
Meet gargantuan hail. It's hail that's 6 inches across and larger, according to researchers who proposed the name."In the last two decades, there's been about 10 reports of hail about 6 inches in maximum dimension or greater in the US," Pennsylvania State University associate professor of meteorology Matthew R. Kumjian told CNN."Those are exceptionally rare.
How hail is formed 01:00"The upward winds are necessary for suspending the hail in the storm," Ward said."The stronger the updraft, the larger the hail can be. A weaker updraft will not suspend the hail in the storm long enough for it to grow."The other part of the equation is the type of storm it takes. A supercell thunderstorm is a specific type of storm with a"strong, persistent rotating updraft," Kumjian said.
See hail and dust storms batter southeastern Australia 00:55They took measurements from photographs of a video from social media and estimated one of the hailstones to be between 7.4 and 9.3 inches -- a possible world record, the study said.The team hopes that their findings bring more awareness to these massive types of hail for safety reasons."It's important to realize that these extreme types of hail events don't just happen in Kansas," Kumjian said.
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