"World's Record Hailstone"
Keloland reported on July 27:
"It was Friday afternoon when a line of thunderstorms fired up in central South Dakota. High winds, heavy rains and even a possible tornado rolled through the town of Vivian. But now days later, a hailstone picked up just moments after the storm is getting worldwide attention.
"The damage is proof that it wasn't a typical South Dakota thunderstorm. Holes were punched through the top of buildings, and Les Scott will never forget what it sounded like... the hailstone weighed in at 1.9375 pounds. 'Officially, where records have been kept, this will be the U.S. record and world record for weight...,' Mike Fowle of the National Weather Service said... [it] was [also] measured just a few days ago at 18 and a half inches. That is another world record number...
"As impressive as the size and weight are, it may have topped two pounds when it fell from the sky...it likely melted a bit..."
