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Hail can form in a thunderstorm without tornadoes, if there is a strong updraft and a few other criteria. Sometimes both a tornado and hail will occur in the same cell.
For information, you might be interested in:
http://www.tornadochaser.net/hail.html
(at above, watch an animation that shows where hail develops and falls in relation to a tornado)
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/cae/svrwx/hail.htm
About hail:
http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/svrwx101/hail/
http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/svrwx101/hail/forecasting/
http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/svrwx101/hail/faq/
About tornado formation:
http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/svrwx101/tornadoes/types/
About supercells and tornado/hail formation:
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lmk/soo/docu/supercell.php

Hope this helps!

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