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Old April 15th 05, 05:00 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
Steve & Elly Moseley Steve & Elly Moseley is offline
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Default [WR] Hailstorm, Bovey Tracey

No sooner do I send that post than some hail starts falling outside my
window!
6.9mm so far for the day.

"Steve & Elly Moseley" wrote in message
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Very heavy hail and rain over Haldon Hill (A38 between Exeter and

Chudleigh)
at 1615BST. It was falling so hard that there was an icy layer on the road
and quite white patches in among the grass. Temperature fell from 10.5 in
Exeter to 3.5C as we reached the top of the hill. Never seen anything

quite
like that.
I'm sure Will will verify this for you all shortly. I know he saw it

because
he was driving the car and there wasn't a lot else to see!
My rain gauge is about 10 miles from there and it's peak rain rate this
afternoon was 6mm/hr between 1515 and 1530BST.
http://www.wunderground.com/weathers...p?ID=IDEVONBO1

Stephen, Bovey Tracey