Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-15 | Page 6 | Hailstorm Pounds down on City Roofs

Hailstorm Pounds Down on City Roofs Shortly after midnight a rain and hailstorm descended upon Ogden and vicinity which shattered all records of the year in intensity. Although the deluge was of extreme short duration, the weather records at the city hall this morning showed the precipitation of .38 of an inch, an unusual record for such a brief storm. The early morning storm even broke yesterday's record from a standpoint of, intensity, although the first storm was of longer duration and resulted in more rainfall. rain-fall. Practically the entiro city was awakened by the thunderous drumming drum-ming of the hail upon roofs and preparations prep-arations were made by the officials of the street department to havo emergency crews ready to prevent the flooding of street intersections. The storm was so brief, however, that this work was not necessary. Ogden Is in for still more rain tonight to-night and tomorrow, according to predictions pre-dictions of the weather bureau which are, "rain tonight and Friday, little change in temperature," 00