01-05-2025
SEE IT: Storms drop huge hail chunks, kick up strong winds
(WJW) — Thunderstorms pounded Northeast Ohio on Thursday afternoon, pouring rain and dropping quarter-sized hail along with zooming winds.
FOX 8 viewers sent in photos of the icy precipitation in their neck of the woods:
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A Severe Thunderstorm Warning has expired in the area. Wind gusts up to 60 mph were expected.
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Those winds knocked over Sarah Mulhall's basketball hoop and dropped pebble-sized hail in her Northfield yard, before the sun pushed through the dark storm clouds on Thursday afternoon.
Another viewer named John scooped up even larger hailstones, about 1 inch across, he said, from his yard in South Euclid.
Viewer Alli Fittipaldo sent in a photo of a hail piece that took up half her palm in Highland Heights. She told FOX 8 the hail came down around 3:20 p.m.
Part of Northeast Ohio remains under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 7 p.m. The weather has also led to thousands of power outages across the region.
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