The word "hailstones" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to describe chunks of ice that form during a hailstorm, and you can also use it as a metaphor for a series of difficult experiences or obstacles. For example, "I had to go through a veritable hailstone of challenges before I could finally reach my goal."
For Prophet Smith, it was a manifestation of the divine: "I arose, and to my great joy, beheld the stars fall from the heavens like a shower of hailstones... it seemed as if the artillery and fireworks of eternity were set in motion to enchant and entertain the Saints, and terrify and awe the sinners of the Earth".
GIANT hailstones battered a bmi flight over Germany this week, cracking the windscreen and making a hole in the nose.
A string of drenching storms packing high winds and accompanied by hailstones the size of softballs pounded the northern part of the state and claimed the lives of 17 persons.
Updraft speeds in supercell storms can exceed 40 metres (130 feet) per second and are capable of suspending hailstones as large as grapefruit.
Melted hailstones, in particular, make a large-radius impact when they strike the ground.
Precipitation from shower clouds and thunderstorms, whether in the form of raindrops, pellets of soft hail, or true hailstones, is generally of great intensity and shorter duration than that from layer clouds and is usually composed of larger particles.
The hailstones that fall from deep, vigorous clouds in warm weather consist of a core surrounded by several alternate layers of clear and opaque ice.
"At the time the referee probably make the right decision, he claimed couldn't see through the hailstones," said Moyes.
People in the Italian towns of Dolo and Mira, outside of Venice, have filmed a tornado tearing through their homes and giant hailstones falling from the sky.
With hailstones, dipping chilly temperatures and heavy intermittent showers you could be forgiven for thinking we're in November.
"It was in children's picture books about the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah – hailstones of fire raining down on these cities known for the 'abomination' of homosexuality.
