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The News & Observer
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina
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Severe hail storm struck Middle Creek township, Wake County, near Raleigh, yesterday afternoon around 3 p.m., dropping 3-4 inches of hail as large as hen eggs, injuring young cotton crops and stripping leaves from trees across a 2.5-mile-wide area.
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HAIL YESTERDAY AFTERNOON FELL THREE-FOUR INCHES.
Cotton that Was up Was Injured and Trees Were Stripped of their Leaves.
Mr. Kemp B. Johnson, who lives in Middle Creek township, Wake county, near Sexton's precinct, sixteen miles from Raleigh, rung up the News and Observer on his phone yesterday and said:
"Did you have a big hail storm in Raleigh about three o'clock?"
"No," was the reply. Mr. Johnson was told that about three o'clock Raleigh was visited with a black cloud and rain, after which there was a decided change of much cooler weather, but there had been no hail in Raleigh.
"Out with us," said Mr. Johnson, "we had the biggest hail-storm we have had in years. It began about three o'clock and had fell about three or four inches. Some of the hail-stones were as large as hen eggs. Fortunately very little cotton was up enough to damage, but the leaves were beaten off of the trees.
Mr. Johnson added that as well as he could learn, the hail extended in a narrow area about two and a half miles wide.
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Middle Creek Township, Wake County, Near Sexton's Precinct
Event Date
Yesterday Afternoon
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cotton that was up was injured; trees were stripped of their leaves; hail fell about three or four inches deep; hail-stones as large as hen eggs; hail extended in a narrow area about two and a half miles wide
Event Details
A big hail storm occurred about three o'clock, beginning with a black cloud and rain in Raleigh but featuring hail in Middle Creek township; very little cotton was up enough to damage significantly