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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — People in the western part of Salt Lake County saw hail as large as golf balls in an unusual June storm that also caused flooding.
National Weather Service meteorologist Monica Traphagan said Monday the largest hail fell in Kearns, though parts of West Valley City experienced quarter-sized hail.
The storm then moved east to Murry and Midvale, where it dumped heavy rain as well as some hail. Authorities are dealing with multiple reports of flooding.
Traphagan says the storm came over the Oquirrh Mountains about noon and the worst of it lasted less than 90 minutes.
Traphagan says the weather service has only recorded 14 times of hail that was the size of a pingpong ball or greater in Salt Lake County.
June is typically the driest month of the year.
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