The WRAL web team compiled several photos of the hail that you sent through ReportIt here.Click here for more How does hail form? You've got hailstones in pretty much every thunderstorm that forms.

Just over halfway into 2023, the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center has tabulated nearly 400 more reports of hail than all of last year. There have been 4,834 hail reports across ...

Hail is formed when raindrops are carried upward by thunderstorm updrafts into extremely cold areas of the atmosphere, causing them to freeze.

Although most hailstone growth takes place at temperatures between 14 and -22 degrees Fahrenheit (-10 and -30 degrees Celsius), the researchers also discovered that hail “embryos” can develop ...

Hail stones ranged from the size of peas to ping pong balls across our area Monday. Posted 2025-05-06T08:55:45+00:00 - Updated 2025-05-06T13:09:21+00:00 Ask the Meteorologist: Why did so many ...