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Hail on Sunday, April 20, 2008
Apr 21, 2008 | 5:34 PM
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Wow!  What a storm some had on Sunday, April 20.  Temperatures were in the mid to upper 60s and then a storm.   First it was rain and then marble sized hail began to fall and kept falling for some.  One of the hardest hit areas was North High Point.

This picture was sent to us by Chuck Potts.  He said he was near the intersection of High Point Road and the 311 Bypass.   By the time the hail stopped falling, the temperature fell to near 40°

The hail was significant due to a cold upper low pressure system tracking over our area.  This lowered freezing levels to below 6000 feet and made hail more likely.

More pictures from our viewers......

The 3 below were sent to us by Darrin Jordan these were from the Willard Dairy and US 68 area.

Thank you to all that sent your pictures in.  Remember to send you weather pictures to photos@wghp.com when you take great weather pictures..

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Burlington_Rocker read my blog view my photos
Apr 21, 2008 | 6:15 PM

Wow. Impressive. When the first heavy rain began here in Burlington, I watched the temp fall from 67 to 53 in about 30 minutes, but that is even more extreme. Can't say I've ever seen that much hail personally. I'm guessing that's about 2" or more?
Brad_Burton read my blog view my photos
Apr 22, 2008 | 1:14 AM

That is by far the most impressive picture I've seen from the storm. We are incredibly lucky to see such an amazing severe weather event in our area without any major reports of damage or injury to anyone.
Brad_Burton read my blog view my photos
Apr 22, 2008 | 6:21 PM

This continues to impress me. Many of these photographs are from locations less than 3-4 miles from my house. During this storm, I received nothing but a brief minute or two of light rainfall. That's it.
Casey_32 read my blog view my photos
Apr 23, 2008 | 6:28 PM

Great pictures!
nikki2008 read my blog
Apr 24, 2008 | 9:04 PM

I was sitting outside during this time taking a break at work. It started to hail, but I am so thankful it wasn't like that. There would have been nothing left of my umbrella!
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