Science Snapshots: It's Official, that Hailstone is a Colorado Record-breaker!

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In a previous Science Snapshots, we discussed that small seedless watermelon-sized hailstone that fell in eastern Colorado.

We also discussed how Dan Fitts did an excellent job documenting it. As you can see in the below video from 9news, despite melting on its way to the National Weather Service office in Goodland, Kansas, which would have caused it to be slightly smaller than the previous record holder, the photo Mr. Fitts took allowed the State Climatologist to declare it the record breaker!

Press play to learn more about the process of determining the hailstone's size and about the parent storm that produced this watermelon.

Video from 9news

Here's a link to the article if you'd prefer to read it or if I failed at embedding the video: https://www.9news.com/article/weather/weather-colorado/colorado-hailstone-state-record/73-3f414078-f856-4c77-8de4-76d0262132a2

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