Strictly speaking, hail never falls in total isolation from a cloud-based precipitation event because hailstones themselves are frozen water droplets; however, it is entirely possible for large hailstones to fall in areas where surface rain has evaporated before hitting the ground, a phenomenon often associated with high-altitude severe dry thunderstorms known as dry thunderstorms. In these rare cases, massive hailstones can plummet straight down into dry air beneath the storm cloud base, striking the ground aggressively while local residents experience little to no traditional liquid rainfall alongside the ice barrage.
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