NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says a giant hailstone that fell in central South Dakota has broken U.S. records, even though the man who found it says it melted a little before he could get it into the freezer. NOAA’s National Climate Extreme Committee says the ice stone discovered in the town of Vivian on July 23rd measures 8 inches in diameter and weights 1 pound, 15 ounces. The committee says the South Dakota ice chunk breaks records set by hailstones discovered in Nebraska and Kansas. Ranch hand Leslie Scott says the hailstone was about 3 inches larger when he first found it. Scott says he put it in the freezer but that it did melt a little.
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