hail the size of god
In his days as a TV weatherman in Indianapolis, David Letterman once told viewers that hail the size of canned hams was falling. What other sizes of hail have the heavens begat?

SPORTS

"Thunderstorms raked Texas … with softball-sized hail." (1990)

"Cars were damaged by tennis ball-sized hail." (Indiana, 1991)

"Baseball-sized hail hit some parts of Harris County…" (Texas, 1992)

"Golfball-sized hail did not dampen optimism at NASA…" (Florida, 1991)

"Ping-pong-ball-sized hail piled up on campus…" (Kansas, 1986)

"…marble-sized hail pelted some areas…" (Georgia, 1992)

GOOD ENOUGH TO EAT

"The storm pummeled the area with grapefruit-sized hail." (Minnesota, 1986)

"Thunderstorms whipped up orange-sized hail…" (Texas, 1990)

"A thunderstorm in Wyoming … produced lime-sized hail…." (1987)

"…parts of the city were peppered with cherry-sized hail." (Texas, 1988)

"Bartelen watched helplessly as…his biggest cash crop was pummeled by walnut-sized hail…" (Canada, 1991)

"Dry-roasted-peanut-sized hail…" (Georgia, 1992)

"Hail the size of Spanish olives…" (Georgia, 1992)

"…a cold front pushed through, bringing pea-sized hail…" (Illinois, March 1992)

"The front hit about midnight with butterbean-sized hail…" (Texas, 1989)

"…bean-sized hail was reported…" (South Carolina, 1981)

"In nearby Chautauqua County, ice-cube-sized hail…" (New York, 1988)

"Several counties that were pounded by egg-sized hail…" (1992)

POCKET CHANGE

"Half-dollar-sized hail broke windows…." (Colorado, 1986)

"The sheriff's department reported quarter-sized hail…" (Indiana, 1991)

"Dime-sized hail was reported." (Georgia, 1991)

"Storms in Texas produced nickel-sized hail." (1992)

"Penny-sized hail dropped at Baldwin City…" (Minnesota, 1982)

BREAKING THE MOLD

"Hail the size of babies' toes." (Georgia, 1992)

"…after a torrential thunderstorm had pelted Edmonton with fist-sized hail." (Canada, 1987)

"The storm…pummeled rooftops with acorn-sized hail…" (California, 1992)

"A storm of snowball-sized hail…" (Bulgaria, 1986)

"The horses were hit by pellet-sized hail…" (California, 1986)

"The storm pelleted many neighborhoods with pebble-sized hail…" (Indiana, 1991)

"Mothball-sized hail peppered the area…" (Idaho, 1982)