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Severe weather hits Salt Lake Valley, producing strong winds and hail

(Courtesy of Nicolas Brown) Nicolas Brown of West Jordan shared this photo of hail to Twitter on Sunday, June 7, 2020, as a storm moved through the Salt Lake Valley.

Severe thunderstorms, complete with winds in excess up to 60 mph and reports of golf ball-sized hail in some places, rolled through the Salt Lake Valley on Sunday morning.

The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City sent out a significant weather advisory at 8:28 a.m. Sunday for Box Elder and Cache counties, altering them to a storm with strong winds and hail up to a half-inch in diameter.

The storms moved northeast throughout the morning, affecting parts of Weber County, Paradise, Avon and Willard, before moving toward Salt Lake City, and southern Morgan and west-central Summit counties.

In Salt Lake County, rain is expected on and off throughout Sunday, with pockets of heavier precipitation expected about 2 p.m., then again about 5 p.m. The wet weather is predicted to stretch through the overnight hours and into Monday, when there will still be a 50% chance of rain.

According to two-day rain totals released by the NWS, Salt Lake City had received 0.65 inches of rain as of 7 a.m. Sunday.


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