(THE CONVERSATION) – Hail the size of grapefruit shattered car windows in Johnson City, Texas. In June, 2024, a storm chaser found a hailstone almost as big as a pineapple. Even larger ...

The large hail was the most unusual aspect of the storm outbreak, with multiple reports of stones the size of golf balls around Sterling, Va., and in parts of western Montgomery County in Maryland.

The tests showed that, after the panels were hit by the hail balls, the cracks were particularly severe in the polycrystalline modules, with damages spreading all over the surface of the panels.