{"id":2261401,"date":"2024-06-06T14:15:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T18:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pineapple-sized-hailstone-found-in-texas-could-be-record-breaker\/"},"modified":"2024-06-06T14:18:34","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T18:18:34","slug":"pineapple-sized-hailstone-found-in-texas-could-be-record-breaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pineapple-sized-hailstone-found-in-texas-could-be-record-breaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant hailstone in Texas may set a new record"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpineapple-sized-hailstone-found-in-texas-could-be-record-breaker%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2261401&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The discovery of a hailstone, comparable in size to a \u200cpineapple, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taylor-swift-and-bill-clinton-drama-explodes-after-viral-post-from-monica-lewinsky\/\" title=\"Monica Lewinsky's Viral Post Sparks Drama Between Taylor Swift and Bill Clinton\">garnered viral attention<\/a> on \u200bthe internet. Storm chaser Val Castor found this colossal stone measuring \u2064about 7.25\u2063 inches, surpassing the dimensions of a standard Monster energy drink can. Castor\u200b shared\u200b images of the \u200bfind from his Texas expedition near Vigo Park, potentially breaking\u2064 state records. The hailstone, akin to a pineapple in size, has caused a stir online.\u200b Val Castor, the \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/horrifying-images-emerge-showing-devastation-from-30-tornadoes-that-struck-several-states\/\" title=\"Horrifying Images Emerge Showing Devastation From 30+ Tornadoes That Struck Several States\">storm chaser<\/a>, unearthed this\u2063 massive\u2064 7.25-inch stone, larger than\u2064 a Monster can. Pictures of the find in Texas near Vigo Park were \u2062shared, hinting at a record-breaking\u2064 discovery.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p>A hailstone about the size of a pineapple is going <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/viral\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>viral<\/a> on the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/internet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>internet<\/a>, and it could also be a record-breaker in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Texas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The stone, found by storm chaser Val Castor, <a href=\"https:\/\/weather.com\/storms\/severe\/news\/2024-06-05-texas-record-hail-vigo-park\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>measures about 7.25 inches across<\/a> and is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunters-world-biden-son-had-tentacles-in-dark-corners-of-the-world-far-beyond-china-ukraine\/\" title=\"Hunter\u2019s World: Biden Son Had Tentacles In Dark Corners Of the World Far Beyond China, Ukraine\">slightly larger<\/a> than a can of Monster energy drink. Castor said he found the giant stone about 3 miles from Vigo Park, Texas, and posted his own photos.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>This photo provided by KWTV shows a hailstone on Sunday, June 2, 2024, near Vigo Park, Texas. National Weather Service officials in Lubbock, Texas, said they believe the stone, which measured more than 7 inches long, is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dcccs-new-senior-adviser-remains-on-parole-in-new-york\/\" title=\"DCCC\u2019s New Senior Adviser Remains on Parole in New York\">state record<\/a>. (Val Castor\/KWTV via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The largest hailstone on record had a diameter of 6.4 inches and was <a href=\"https:\/\/weather.com\/storms\/severe\/news\/2021-06-24-texas-record-hailstone-hondo-confirmed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>discovered in April 2021<\/a> in Hondo, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>For the latest hailstone to become a record-breaker, the State Climate Extremes Committee will need to look at all its evidence and data before it decides to make the record official.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The wait is almost over! Here is the latest information of the 7&#8243; hailstone found by Storm Chaser Val Castor in Vigo Park. If this becomes an official record it will shatter the previous record of 6.416&#8243; from Hondo, Texas in 2021! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MonsterEnergy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MonsterEnergy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NwicahGLPw\">pic.twitter.com\/NwicahGLPw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NWS Lubbock (@NWSLubbock) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWSLubbock\/status\/1798407920176259229?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 5, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Weather historian Christopher Burt has said hail between 6 to 8 inches in diameter fell in Gay Hill, Texas, on Dec. 6, 1892. However, according to the SCEC<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncdc.noaa.gov\/monitoring-content\/extremes\/scec\/reports\/20210624-Texas-Hailstone.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> in 2021<\/a>, there was no photo evidence of that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sky-turns-green-over-south-dakota-in-rare-weather-phenomenon\/\" title=\"Sky Turns Green Over South Dakota In Rare Weather Phenomenon\">hail storm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest hailstone to fall in the United States was discovered in Vivian, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/south-dakota\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>South Dakota<\/a>, in July 2010, and measured 8 inches in diameter. That stone weighed 1.94 pounds, making it the heaviest in the U.S. and almost the heaviest in the world, <a href=\"https:\/\/shows.acast.com\/this-date-in-weather-history\/episodes\/1986-worlds-heaviest-hailstone-falls-in-bangladesh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>a record held<\/a> by one that fell in Bangladesh in April 1986, weighing in at 2.25 pounds.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A pineapple-sized hailstone, discovered by storm chaser Val Castor, is making waves on the internet and might break records in Texas. Measuring 7.25 inches across, it surpasses the size of a standard Monster energy drink can. Castor stumbled upon this colossal find during his chase<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2261402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24157723605590-1-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2261401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24157723605590-1-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2261401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2261401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2261401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2261402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2261401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2261401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2261401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}