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Wow those clouds look dangerous, I would have been hunting somewhere to hide fer sure.
Well, we finally got some rain....
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digitS'
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I was reminded of your video last night, Daisy.
Give your dad a call and find out what the storm was like in his neighborhood.
I haven't seen hail like what fell here in about 20 years. Yes, there is some damage to the potted tomatoes in the backyard. We will see about the gardens today but I'm happy they weren't in my backyard last night.
Steve
Give your dad a call and find out what the storm was like in his neighborhood.
I haven't seen hail like what fell here in about 20 years. Yes, there is some damage to the potted tomatoes in the backyard. We will see about the gardens today but I'm happy they weren't in my backyard last night.
Steve
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SweetMissDaisy
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I'll have to ask him. They're in a small valley north of Newport and don't get a lot of the storms and "weather" that people in more open areas get. But I'll be sure to ask! Hail up there isn't ever very BIG, is it?!
digitS'
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Daisy, some of it was far beyond the pea-size that the WS said was coming . . . of course, I didn't read that WS report until after the storm.
Twenty years ago, we had something similar. It splashed mud out of a flower bed beside the house 8 feet up onto the wall! That may have been the storm where I found the corn shredded in Post Falls and the fruit trees there had permanent scars on the upper surface of their branches. (I'll take the mud splashed on walls :/).
I'm sure that it isn't too much like Texas hailstorms can be but I was reminded of your video as the hail was coming down!
Your Dad lives near Sullivan Lake?
rhubarb this morning:
Steve
Twenty years ago, we had something similar. It splashed mud out of a flower bed beside the house 8 feet up onto the wall! That may have been the storm where I found the corn shredded in Post Falls and the fruit trees there had permanent scars on the upper surface of their branches. (I'll take the mud splashed on walls :/).
I'm sure that it isn't too much like Texas hailstorms can be but I was reminded of your video as the hail was coming down!
Your Dad lives near Sullivan Lake?
rhubarb this morning:
Steve
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SweetMissDaisy
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If you consider "near" to be within short driving distance, yes. 
But actually, they're just about 5 or 6 miles north of Newport.
But actually, they're just about 5 or 6 miles north of Newport.
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SweetMissDaisy
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As for your rhubarb, wow! Lots of hail holes in those leaves! That's one thing I sure miss down here...
digitS'
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Largest hailstone DW saved in the freezer is over 1/2 inch . . .
We got the lettuce starts and some flats of cucumbers/squash carried under a roof. (I had her big, floppy hat on
). Should of moved the tomatoes . . .
S'
We got the lettuce starts and some flats of cucumbers/squash carried under a roof. (I had her big, floppy hat on
). Should of moved the tomatoes . . .S'
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We had a hail storm yesterday??? We didn't get nuthin. Only a little drizzle last night at bedtime. When I was driving home yesterday evening it sure was dark in the west tho'. Isn't it weird how all the little microclimates work?
digitS'
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I can't even figure out which way the weather is moving this morning. Makes me nervous . . .
The radar map shows a storm just kind of piling up against the Blue Mountains but then, which way does it go - north, south . . . over?
The onions and terrain will likely take a pounding in Walla Walla Wa today! One airport is reporting better than 1/4in/hr rain & flash floods in Pendleton.
BTW - you can recognize a wetside Northwesterner from a dryside Northwesterner by his shirt. wetside wears plastic . . . dryside wears flannel or wool.
Steve
The radar map shows a storm just kind of piling up against the Blue Mountains but then, which way does it go - north, south . . . over?
The onions and terrain will likely take a pounding in Walla Walla Wa today! One airport is reporting better than 1/4in/hr rain & flash floods in Pendleton.
BTW - you can recognize a wetside Northwesterner from a dryside Northwesterner by his shirt. wetside wears plastic . . . dryside wears flannel or wool.
Steve
