Southwestern, New Hampshire

1550 8 Aug 2008
Severe Thunderstorm, with pea sized Hail. No discernible wind, heavy rain, much lightning, nothing close by.
3 weeks ago we had a severe storm that had no hail, but lightning did strike across the road from where I was standing, under an umbrella that wasn't really doing me any good. There was 2 inches of rain from that one.
On the positive side of the current weather pattern, last year at this time, we were in a drought.
.88 inch diameter hail and wind vs. tree damage in Swanzey NH reported be ham radio, and trees on Power lines on Watson Road, 2 miles south of me in Winchester NH.