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Huge hailstone pelt Austin in severe thunderstorms last night in Texas
The National Weather Service began tracking a low pressure system Monday, which is expected to travel across the Gulf of Mexico and impact the entire Eastern Seaboard.—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 10 Apr. 2024 Research suggests that climate change will cause large hailstones to become more common.—Evan Bush, NBC News, 2 Sep. 2024 According to the National Weather Service, hailstones are formed when raindrops are carried upward by thunderstorm updrafts into extremely cold areas of the atmosphere, causing the raindrops to freeze.—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2024 In May, a derecho punched windows out of Houston skyscrapers and storms dropped giant hailstones.—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hailstone
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of hailstone was
before the 12th century
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