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Article: HAIL CAUSES JUNE WHITEOUT
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- June 16, 2009
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WILLIAM LAMB, STAFF WRITER
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
06-16-2009
HAIL CAUSES JUNE WHITEOUT -- Unusual storm whips through region
By WILLIAM LAMB, STAFF WRITER
Date: 06-16-2009, Tuesday
Section: LOCAL
Edtion: All Editions
A powerful thunderstorm tore across North Jersey on Monday, dumping hail in such abundance that parts of Bergen County looked as though a springtime snowstorm had rumbled through.
Snowplows that had sat idle since March were pressed into service in Emerson, Westwood, Ridgewood and elsewhere to clear penny-size hail that piled inches high in streets and municipal parking lots.
A Washington Township police cruiser got stuck in the hail and had to be plowed free, said Capt. ...