Five-inch hail fell on Burkburnett, Tex., on May 22. (Rick Smith/NWS Norman)

By Matthew Cappucci

There’s hail, there’s big hail, and then there’s what fell on Burkburnett, Tex., about 10 miles north of Wichita Falls, on Friday afternoon. Hail topping five inches in diameter crashed like meteors on the town, punching holes through home roofs and leaving craters in the ground. Subscribe for unlimited access to The Post You can cancel anytime. Subscribe

Officially, the largest recovered stone came in at a whopping 5.33 inches across, roughly the length of an iPhone 6. To put it differently, this hail was wider than many grapefruits and exceeded the diameter of a typical DVD. It weighed in at nearly a pound.

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