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Heavy rain may have skipped over Draper, where residents were bracing themselves for possible mudslides. But the storm didn't skip over other areas of northern Utah.
A tree fell over this morning near 2500 East and 4500 South in Holladay when wind and hail hit. A youngster named William Liddell said," The wind just blowed it over." "The guys are going to come here, and they're just going to move it into their truck," he added.
Liddell and his dad, Darrin, heard the tree as it came crashing down on a newly built fence in their backyard.
Darrin Liddell said, "It was blowing, and hail just started to come down. There was tons of hail. All of a sudden we just heard a noise."
In downtown Salt Lake, the storm didn't do any damage, but rain did make people run for cover. And it could have been the reason the driver of one vehicle lost control on I-215.
Sgt. Anthony Carruba of the Utah Highway Patrol said, "I'm thinking he just hit a slick spot on the road and wasn't able to gain control."
"When he did that, the passenger-side gas tank got pinched up against the side of the truck, and we had a minor diesel spill," he explained.
Pea-sized hail also fell onto cars and streets in South Ogden. In Alta, snow dusted the lifts, buildings and trees.
The storm is over now. Blue skies have pushed out the clouds and the warm temperatures.
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