A team of about 60 researchers is chasing hail across the Great Plains to better forecast an underappreciated hazard that causes about $10 billion a year in damage in the U.S.

Critics in the past year called for more transparency and vetting of the procedures used to estimate billion-dollar disasters. But that’s not going to happen, because NOAA in May 2025 ...

KENS 5 viewers captured dramatic storm footage with hail and flooding across Bexar County and the Hill Country.

Baseball hail? More like baseball-cap-sized hail fell in Texas on the Memorial Day weekend, but it may not be a record.

The official hail record in Texas is 6.42 inches ... holds the United States record for the largest size with a diameter of 8 inches. How is hail measured? Hail is classified by diameter, from ...

And if the trend holds, they will likely be heading to Texas during those six weeks of hail hunting. And they may bring back more souvenirs, scanning them, and studying them. They say the largest ...

Wind-driven hail, torrential rain and flooding hit parts of Texas on April 29 ... and what to do if they're brought up California's Largest Reservoir Approaches Milestone Not Hit in 13 Years ...

The National Weather Service estimated one hailstone was 6.14″ in diameter, the third-largest ever recorded in Texas. Hail up to DVD size smashed through metal roofs and drywall, causing ...

On May 28, The National Weather Service issued its first warning of large hail – 5 inches in diameter – in Hockley County, Texas. It was the largest hail the service had ever forecast.

"That's the biggest hail I've ever seen, and I've been chasing storms for more than 30 years," Castor told the Associated Press. "I could see it from probably 100 yards away." Researchers ...

National Weather Service officials in Lubbock, Texas, said they believe the stone, which measured more than 7 inches long, is a state record. (Val Castor/KWTV via AP) The largest hailstone on ...