Here are some record hail accumulations for you to ponder on this Friday the 13th:

August 6, 1890:  Hailstones can sometimes pile up in deep drifts, just like snowfall.  In Orient, Iowa on this date, piles towered around 6 feet as reported by Henry Wallace, an editor for a farm magazine.  Some drifts from this particular storm remained on the ground for 26 days before they melted!

September 5, 1898:   A severe hailstorm in northwestern Missouri left hail on the ground for an incredible 52 days!  Local residents used the left over hail to make ice cream for weeks after.  To this day in the Great Plains, some snowplows are called out in the midsummer to clear off highways after intense thunderstorms.

June 3, 1959:  A severe hailstorm pounded Selden, Kansas and left an area measuring 9 by 6 miles covered with hailstones at a depth of 18 inches.  The hail fell for 85 minutes and did plenty of damage...$500,000 worth!