Monster 6-inch hailstone likely to shatter Illinois state record

Hail the size of grapefruit fell in Illinois Wednesday night, and that may qualify as a new state record, if it can be officially confirmed.

Widespread severe storms on Tuesday produced massive hail across parts of Illinois, Texas and Missouri, including a new contender for a state record.

AccuWeather Meteorologist and Storm Chaser Tony Laubach measured a hailstone 5.25 inches in diameter in Kankakee, Illinois, on Tuesday evening, larger than the Illinois state record of 4.75 inches, set on June 10, 2015, at Minooka.

Other Skywarn spotters and storm chasers also found big hail, as large as 6.4 inches across in Kankakee, 5.5 inches at Campus, Illinois, and 5.2 inches near Buckingham, Illinois. Hailstones 4.5 inches in diameter were also reported in Texas and Missouri on Wednesday. The large hail came from an intense storm stretching nearly from Mexico to Canada.

https://www.accuweather.com/en/severe-weather/monster-6-inch-hailstone-likely-to-shatter-illinois-state-record/1872255

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

Imagine how large the hailstones will be that weigh 75 or 100 pounds

And given the damage that "normal-sized" hail ordinarily causes, imagine how horrific the damage will be with the huge hailstones of Revelation.


21 And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
Revelation 16:21, KJV


Talent (3,000 shekels or 60 minas, sometimes translated “100 pounds”)
34.272 kg
75.6 lbs

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