The hailstone was so large that there is no official name for it, but it has been described as a 'pineapple' and a 'monster' by people on social media.A 7-inch hailstone found near Happy, Texas, on June 2 may break the state’s 6-inch record set in Hondo, Texas, in 2021.
Storm chasers found an incredibly large hailstone the size and shape of a pineapple during a storm near Vigo Park, Texas, about 50 miles southeast of Amarillo, on June 2, 2024.A hailstone found by storm chaser Val Castor on June 2, 2024 near Vigo Park, Texas. The Insurance Institute of Business and Home Safety said the stone measured over 7 inches in diameter. The severe thunderstorm also spawned a tornado just east of Vigo Park in open country.that hammered Texas in 2021. Before any official record can be released, Texas State Climatologist Dr. John Nielsen Gammon must verify the hailstone measurements and conduct further research on the event,The Texas hailstone, while massive, still falls short of the all-time record for the country.