Hailstorm briefly impacted vehicles on Hawthorne Avenue, Salem OR
Other Non-Crime EventA brief hailstorm occurred along Hawthorne Avenue in Salem. The hail was intense enough to worry drivers about potential damage to car windows but lasted only about half a block. The hail was light on the road nearby and stopped quickly as traffic moved away from the area.
Audio|Source: WA7ABU 145.29 Ham Radio Repeater
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Transcript:
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Boy, we sure had a nasty cloud blow over Salem today.
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We were seriously worried for the car.
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I was out driving with (name withheld), and we were going down Hawthorne Avenue,
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and suddenly we heard this kind of a tick, tick.
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and a louder tick and tick and I thought what in the world I looked around and said that's hail he said no I don't see any hail anywhere and then we started noticing a real light cover of hail on the road off to the side but not so much in front
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And I said, boy, if this traffic would just move, I think we can get out of this cloud.
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Apparently, it was falling,
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the hail was only falling for about half a block.
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You could see up ahead there was none, and behind there was none.
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And off to the side, it kind of was the same as it was at the car.
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So as soon as we got moving,
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and let's see, it was in the...
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kind of in the eastern direction.
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We got out of it just immediately before we even left the street.
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At one point, though, I was very worried for the car because it was coming down so hard and sounded so noisy on the glass that I was sure we were, you know, if it got any worse, we were going to lose some glass.
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Location mentioned:
Hawthorne Ave SE, Salem, OR
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