North Texas saw its largest hailstone ever earlier this month
SANGER, Texas - North Texas saw several days of hail in June, and including the largest hailstone we've ever seen in our area.
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The National Weather Service said a hailstone from Sanger in Denton County on June 15 measured 5.9 inches in diameter, which is a new record in North Texas!
To put that in perspective, a softball's diameter is 3.5 inches.
The hailstone, which was found, measured and preserved by Chris Yeatman, also weighed .85 pounds.
The NWS Storm Survey team took a look at the hailstone and verified the measurements.
Several FOX 4 viewers from Sanger sent in photos of large hail on the night of the 15th.
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It is still shy of the state record.
The current record is 6.42 inches which was set in 2021 by Hondo, Texas.