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XUS71 KBOX 010608
RERBDL
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
210 AM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008
...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM SNOWFALL SET AT HARTFORD...
FROM 655 PM UNTIL 701 PM...BRADLEY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN WINDSOR
LOCKS REPORTED HAIL WHICH FELL FROM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THE HAIL
MEASURED 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER.
FOR CLIMATOLOGICAL PURPOSES...THE HAIL THAT FELL IS CONSIDERED A
SNOWFALL MEASUREMENT...WHICH WAS ONLY A TRACE ON THE GROUND. THIS
TIES A SNOWFALL RECORD FOR MAY 31. A TRACE OF SNOW WAS ALSO RECORDED
ON MAY 31 1917. RECORDS IN THE HARTFORD AREA BEGAN IN 1905.
A WIND GUST OF 69 MPH WAS ALSO REPORTED FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM AT
649 PM.
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VALLIER-TALBOT
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Snow=hail? No. According to the "official" way records are kept though - hail goes down as snow. I cry foul.
RERBDL
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
210 AM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008
...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM SNOWFALL SET AT HARTFORD...
FROM 655 PM UNTIL 701 PM...BRADLEY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN WINDSOR
LOCKS REPORTED HAIL WHICH FELL FROM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THE HAIL
MEASURED 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER.
FOR CLIMATOLOGICAL PURPOSES...THE HAIL THAT FELL IS CONSIDERED A
SNOWFALL MEASUREMENT...WHICH WAS ONLY A TRACE ON THE GROUND. THIS
TIES A SNOWFALL RECORD FOR MAY 31. A TRACE OF SNOW WAS ALSO RECORDED
ON MAY 31 1917. RECORDS IN THE HARTFORD AREA BEGAN IN 1905.
A WIND GUST OF 69 MPH WAS ALSO REPORTED FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM AT
649 PM.
$$
VALLIER-TALBOT
---------
Snow=hail? No. According to the "official" way records are kept though - hail goes down as snow. I cry foul.
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