Large hail fell in Texas this past week in severe storms. Some hail was cantaloupe-size. (Kristin Youngblood)

By Matthew Cappucci

Mammoth hail keeps pelting parts of Central Texas.

Cantaloupe-size hail — approximately six inches in diameter — was recovered following rotating supercell thunderstorms earlier this week. One of the stones that fell in Menard, Texas, was 5.87 inches across and was picked up by a team of researchers conducting a hail study field mission. While it just missed this threshold, the technical term for six-inch hail is “gargantuan” (yes, really).

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