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Cherry pickers poised around 9am August 16.

Snap: Reinforcements?

A half dozen cherry pickers were lined up in the Omni parking lot Tuesday morning, August 16, following the storm the previous Sunday that left much of Charlottesville powerless. The Progress reports that Dominion dispatched 59 bucket trucks to the area to help get the ligh
Compared to golf and ping pong balls

Hail, yeah: Tornadic possibility in Western Albemarle

After a pair of bruising storms that brought hail and high winds, some residents could be forgiven for wondering if they're living in storm central.While a huge storm limbed trees on June 4, Waldo Jaquith limned an account of a tornado on his website. Visitors to www.cville

Heavy rain expected tonight

From the big looping map... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE You better toss

Snap: Rugby Avenue closed due to wires

Here is the caption. PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER Rugby Avenue, one the prime entrance/exit points for the U.S.

Breaking point: Winds estimated at 75mph or more

Park Street lost a utility pole. PHOTO BY CHARLES WERNER The June 3 microburst snapped trees

10,000 powerless, weather creates havoc

Dramatization of a microburst. IMAGE BY NASA 5:54pm update: Hail was falling at the speed of rain in the Barracks Road area during the storm. 5:52 update:
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