Looking like January in June along streets in Washington Township, NJ. WABC-TV
A severe thunderstorm erupted over Washington Township, New Jersey on Monday with marble sized hail. As impressive as that sounds, the hail covered the ground 3-4 inches deep. The scene was odd as neighbors were shoveling the ice in T-shirts and shorts. Plows were needed to clear some streets with piles of ice more than a foot high along the route.
As you can see in the ABC report, the ice was still on the ground during their 11pm newscast. The combination of heavy rain, which led to local flooding as well, helped to turn some of the hail piles into solid ice.
More on how hail is formed, and images of hail rings in the slide show below the videos and storm reports.
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Hail report from WABC
Explanation of this storm from Chief Meteorologist Lee Goldberg
More on hail formation and hail rings images in the slide show below.
Official Storm Report from The National Weather Service
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0320 PM TSTM WND DMG RIDGEWOOD 40.98N 74.11W
06/15/2009 BERGEN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
TWO TREES DOWN AT 220 HILLCREST ROAD, ONE TREE FULLY
UPROOTED AND FELL ON HOUSE WITH POWERLINES ALSO
DOWN...TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR
0320 PM HAIL 2 SE MAYBROOK 41.47N 74.19W
06/15/2009 E0.75 INCH ORANGE NY TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORTED HAIL RANGING MOSTLY FROM DIME TO PENNY
SIZE...TIME ESTIMATED FROM
RADAR
0329 PM HAIL WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP 40.99N 74.07W
06/15/2009 E0.75 INCH BERGEN NJ PUBLIC
PENNY SIZE HAIL COVERING GROUND...TIME ESTIMATED FROM
RADAR
0329 PM HAIL 1 NNW WASHINGTON TOWNSH 41.00N 74.07W
06/15/2009 M0.75 INCH BERGEN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
PENNY SIZED HAIL ACCUMULATED UP TO ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF
GARAGE ON 601 VAN EMBURGH AVENUE...TIME ESTIMATED FROM
RADAR
0330 PM HAIL WEST MILFORD 41.11N 74.40W
06/15/2009 M0.75 INCH PASSAIC NJ PUBLIC
0346 PM FLASH FLOOD HO-HO-KUS 41.00N 74.10W
06/15/2009 BERGEN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
WATER RESCUES ON RT 17
0358 PM FLASH FLOOD WESTWOOD 40.99N 74.03W
06/15/2009
BERGEN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
OLD HOOK ROAD IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOODING
0358 PM FLASH FLOOD EMERSON 40.97N 74.02W
06/15/2009 BERGEN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
LINCOLN BLVD FLOODED WITH CARS STRANDED
0420 PM FLASH FLOOD DEMAREST 40.96N 73.96W
06/15/2009 BERGEN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
HIGHLAND AVENUE CLOSED WITH CARS STRANDED
0420 PM FLASH FLOOD DEMAREST 40.96N 73.96W
06/15/2009 BERGEN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
LENOX AND WELD COURT INTESECTION HAD 1 TO 3 FEET OF
STANDING WATER...CLOSING ROAD
0424 PM LIGHTNING OAKLAND 41.03N 74.24W
06/15/2009 BERGEN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
LIGHTNING STRIKE
CAUSING A HOUSE FIRE ON BAILEY AVENUE
0435 PM FLASH FLOOD PARAMUS 40.95N 74.07W
06/15/2009 BERGEN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
1 LANE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING BETWEEN EXITS 165 AND 171
ON GARDEN STATE PARKWAY
0440 PM FLASH FLOOD WAYNE 40.95N 74.25W
06/15/2009 PASSAIC NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
RATZNER ROAD CLOSED WITH STRANDED CARS
0445 PM FLASH FLOOD WAYNE 40.95N 74.25W
06/15/2009 PASSAIC NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
FRENCH HILL ROAD DAMAGED FROM FLOODING
0502 PM FLASH FLOOD CLIFTON 40.86N 74.16W
06/15/2009 PASSAIC NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
MULTIPLE VEHCILES STUCK IN WATER ON ROUTE 46
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