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Mothball-sized hail!

By adamg on Tue, 06/24/2008 - 5:03pm

OK, I admit I'm posting this mainly to run a headline that says "Mothball-sized hail!" because, really, when's the last time you saw a headline like that? Let alone actual mothball-sized hail, as reported by a woman in Seekonk?

As I type this, it is pouring here in Southborough, although it's nowhere near as bad as yesterday, when we couldn't see to the other side of the reservoir along Rte. 9.

UPDATE: Apparently mothballs are a common unit of hail measurement. Go figure.

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By Kaz on Tue, 06/24/2008 - 5:38pm.

Reporting in from work (where my scooter remains in the garage here still):

Pea-sized hail (linked to prove that my measurement is actually NOAA approved! :) hitting our window sills and I'm guessing about 40 mph winds, but that's after they rip around the building.

By Gareth on Tue, 06/24/2008 - 5:40pm.

I got some mothball-sized hail on the way through Lexington.
Or maybe it was dime-sized. In any case, it made some impressive noises as it hit my windshield. Buckets of water, flash flooding. Then 128 was dry by Waltham.

Eeyup, some weather we're havin'

By anon on Tue, 06/24/2008 - 5:44pm.

I didn't know that moths had them!

By adamg on Tue, 06/24/2008 - 7:29pm.

I am 75% of the way up in the Hancock Tower and our building is swaying back & forth in this huge Thunderstorm!

By adamg on Tue, 06/24/2008 - 8:08pm.

Under a rushing commuter train.

By Dave on Tue, 06/24/2008 - 8:26pm.

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Hail, hail, Hailstone!

By bobmetcalf on Tue, 06/24/2008 - 8:59pm.

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Hail Hail Freedonia Land of the Brave, and Free!

By Neal on Tue, 06/24/2008 - 8:53pm.

And then switched over to video. I've taken some photos of the aftermath from my roof, I'll add them to the set later.

By SwirlyGrrl on Tue, 06/24/2008 - 9:10pm.

Yesterday, we had a 25 person meeting crammed into our conference room.

Good thing that meeting was a one day meeting - even though they usually run to two days. The ceiling collapsed today when water backed up and flooded into it.