( ( Many ( of ( ( the ( hail storms ) ) ( in ( the ( four states ) ) ) ) ) ) ( ( produced ( damaging ( ( ( 2 ( inch hail ) ) , ) ( ( an ( ( extremely infrequent ) event ) ) ( in ( the Midwest ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (NP (JJ Many)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN hail) (NNS storms)) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT the) (CD four) (NNS states)))))) (VP (VBD produced) (S (VP (VBG damaging) (NP (NP (CD 2) (NN inch) (NN hail)) (, ,) (NP (NP (DT an) (ADJP (RB extremely) (JJ infrequent)) (NN event)) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT the) (NN Midwest)))))))) (. .)))
Many of the hail storms in the four states produced damaging 2 inch hail, an extremely infrequent event in the Midwest.
(ROOT (S (NP (NP (NNP Hail)) (PP (IN during) (NP (DT a) (NN storm)))) (VP (VBZ describes) (NP (NP (NN water)) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT a) (JJ solid) (NN state))))) (. .)))