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The hail in Texas was so big Tuesday that it required a new description
Forecasters warned of “DVD-size hail” as stones larger than grapefruits bombarded an area near Lubbock.
— A string of rotating thunderstorms developed across west Texas on Tuesday, dropping record-setting hail and prompting a novel warning message from the National Weather Service. Hail the size of DVDs bombarded communities to the northwest of Lubbock, shattering windshields, damaging structures and even leaving small craters in fields and farmland. The jumbo stone that I collected is still a far cry from the Texas state record hailstone, a “gargantuan” 6.4-inch monster that fell on Hondo, west of San Antonio, on April 28, 2021.
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