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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
612 AM CDT THU JUL 16 2026
..ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY
IN 1920, A HUGE HAILSTORM HAMMERED PARTS OF ANTELOPE AND
BOONE COUNTIES IN NEBRASKA. THE STORM BROKE NEARLY EVERY
NORTH-FACING WINDOW, CAUSED EXTENSIVE ROOF DAMAGE, AND
STRIPPED TREES OF BARK AND FOLIAGE. THE SIZE OF THE HAIL
WASN'T REPORTED.
IN 2009, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PUMMELED PARTS OF VERMONT
WITH DESTRUCTIVE HAIL THAT REACHED JUST OVER 3 INCHES IN
DIAMETER. THE LARGEST HAILSTONE, MEASURING 3.25 INCHES
IN DIAMETER AND 6.75 INCHES IN CIRCUMFERENCE AND WHICH
LANDED IN THE NORTHWEST VERMONT TOWN OF WESTFORD, SET A
VERMONT STATE RECORD, EDGING THE RECORD OF AN EVEN 3
INCHES THAT HAD LANDED IN BURLINGTON ON AUGUST 9TH, 1968.
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