"It just sounded like the roof was being pummeled, and I’ll tell you the thing that was more concerning to me, it was; bam, bam. Bam, bam, like consecutive banging on the roof and all of a sudden absolutely nothing," said Brown.. One caught her attention. A clump so big Brown initially assumed it was trash from a construction site next door.Gina Brown captured these shots of the 5.5-inch hailstone that fell at her home in Salado.– but it's big.
"I’ve already heard from numerous places that have said it’s like the 4th biggest in Texas, is what I’m hearing right now," said Brown.Several of the large ice balls were collected by Danette Pappas’ grandkids. The hail melted shortly after these pictures were taken. "I was probably even bigger than that because it was probably a good 10 minutes sitting in the yard," said Pappas, who went on to say she did not regret saving it.When the storm passed, Pappas went outside and recorded video as it appeared to swing back. She also caught a funnel cloud as it spun out of the clouds.
"All I was saying was move, keep moving because I knew sometimes weather will kick back, and we were really close to it if it did decide to kick back it would basically whip out my house," said Pappas.For Brown, who is a high school principal, being in a record book is nice. But a chance to help unlock frozen secrets is even better.
Dozens of homes have been leveled by a destructive EF-3 tornado that ripped through the Salado area earlier this week.
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