All Hail Hail!
July 15th, 2007 by Wyatt
We had a very localized thunderstorm roll through here the other night. Being fascinated with the beautiful lightning, we sat out in the driveway watching it roll over Portland and towards us. It was quite impressive.
While watching, we began to hear what sounded like someone slowly emptying a bag of gravel on the roof. We could hear it all around us, but we didn’t feel anything. But, it was getting louder. Finally, we realized what it was and began to get pelted a little. We hurried back under the porch cover and watched as a few hailstones suddenly turned into a torrent. I’m amazed it didn’t kill the chickens across the street:
This turned to rain and passed after a few minutes. By the time we turned on the news a few minutes later, the weather radar showed that the storm had already moved several miles north of us. Very quick, but very impressive.