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Recent Examples of hailstorm
The most recent lesson started when a hailstorm hit my home in June 2023.
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Larry Light, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Extreme hailstorms can lead to loss of visibility, unreliable air data or engine failure, and the best way to avoid them is to rely on weather radars.
—Jenny Gross, New York Times, 22 May 2025
Most hailstorms contain a variety of hailstone sizes, but only the largest ones pose a significant threat to people caught outside.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 16 May 2025
While wildfires grab attention, hail is even more destructive in Colorado, causing homeowner insurance rates to increase when hailstorms destroy roofs.
—Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 7 May 2025
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Larry Light, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Extreme hailstorms can lead to loss of visibility, unreliable air data or engine failure, and the best way to avoid them is to rely on weather radars.
—Jenny Gross, New York Times, 22 May 2025
Most hailstorms contain a variety of hailstone sizes, but only the largest ones pose a significant threat to people caught outside.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 16 May 2025
While wildfires grab attention, hail is even more destructive in Colorado, causing homeowner insurance rates to increase when hailstorms destroy roofs.
—Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 7 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hailstorm
Noun
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Here are suggestions for staying safe during a thunderstorm: To lower the risk of lightning strikes, when going outdoors, develop a plan to reach a safer spot.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
28 July 2025
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During severe thunderstorms, rising air shoots icy pellets the size of Dippin’ Dots ice cream into the bitter cold of upper atmospheric layers.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
28 July 2025
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The rainstorm alert in Beijing ended at 2:30 p.m. local time, per BBC News.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
30 July 2025
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The rain prompted Beijing officials to issue the highest level of rainstorm alert for the first time this year.—
Peter Guo,
NBC news,
29 July 2025
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In just the past few months, FEMA has denied federal assistance for devastating floods in West Virginia and a destructive windstorm in Washington.—
Jeremy Lindenfeld,
ProPublica,
9 July 2025
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In January 2008, for example, a powerful windstorm generated waves over 30 feet tall and gusts near 100 mph, according to weather service.—
Bethany Wales,
Sacbee.com,
25 June 2025
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Michigan's Great Lakes don't produce tsunamis, but weather conditions can cause abnormalities in water levels and movements that can appear similar, and are known as seiches or meteotsunamis.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
31 July 2025
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Unexpected weather is part of gardening though, so no excuses.—
Caleb Harris,
Austin American Statesman,
31 July 2025
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But none of that potential bad news, or a spring cloudburst, could dampen the recent celebration of the park’s 50th birthday held at a Minneapolis brewery by the Voyageurs Conservancy – which was founded a decade before the park opened, and works to connect more people to Voyageurs.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
7 June 2025
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The Yankees scored twice before the cloudburst to stake a 4-2 lead.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
25 May 2025
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In a sudden forecast turnabout, metro Detroit went from April thundershowers and tornado warnings one day to a warm, sunny day the next, with temperatures in the upcoming week expected to reach the 70s.—
Frank Witsil,
Detroit Free Press,
6 Apr. 2023
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Not your generic, garden-variety thundershower.—
Paul Douglas,
Star Tribune,
29 Apr. 2021
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In mid-January, a once-in-a-century snowstorm loomed.—
David W. Brown,
New Yorker,
5 July 2025
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Daytime highs in Austin will reach the upper 30s to low 40s Monday before a snowstorm strikes Central Texas in the evening, continuing into Tuesday morning, according to Paul Yura, a National Weather Service meteorologist based in New Braunfels.—
Bianca Moreno-Paz,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Herr developed a deep passion for mountain climbing in his early teens, lost the lower halves of both legs to frostbite after being caught in a blizzard, resumed climbing, and subsequently led pioneering research in prosthetics.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
15 July 2025
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The storm of 1994: Here's how the blizzard led to better snow response Confident at first, Meredith kept glancing at her watch.—
Matthew Glowicki,
The Courier-Journal,
2 July 2025
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“Hailstorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hailstorm. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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