Definition of hailstone
: a pellet of hail
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But the conditions were deteriorating as snow that had warmed and melted during the day began to freeze into chunks the size of small hailstones.
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In events like this, each hailstone contains so much water that fewer stones end up forming.
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Tiny pellets of ice, called graupel, may shower down during intense burst of snow, but a few hailstones of pea or even dime size could occur in the most intense thundersnow.
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Rows of tornadoes rip up the landscape, tsunami-sized waves sweep through cities, massive hailstones crash through car windows, and flash-frozen birds fall out of the sky.
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The silver iodide causes water droplets in the clouds to form ice crystals that become heavier and fall faster, releasing rain and small hailstones — rather than larger stones that could batter crops.
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Hailstones don’t form or grow very big without massive amounts of air billowing up from below.
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Between 1735 and 1738, Handel’s London was assailed by walnut-sized hailstones, the most violent winds in thirty years, and the Thames’s highest tide in fifty.
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And that’s just a hailstone’s throw away (.3 inches) from the current record for the water year, which runs from October through September.
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First Known Use of hailstone
before 12th century
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