Article: HAIL CAUSES JUNE WHITEOUT

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. ...

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