13
maple - bunches of leaves,
usually about 5, and
3 mm diameter at the
break.
Cow parsley had been 'shredded' leaving
battered leaves and flowers hanging from
broken stems. In places, hailstones had
been swept by the torrential rain into
miniature drifts four to six inches deep,
some drifts to the east of Aythorpe Roding
still being nearly across the road more
than two hours after the storm had ended.
The map indicates by hatching the area of
most severe damage seen on Sunday and Monday
Addendum
I have obtained the following information
from Anglian Water:-
Bardfield
Stebbing
Felstead
14 mm rain
12 mm rain with
hail 2 in. across
11 mm rain with
hail from 15.40 to
15.50
32 mm rain in half
an hour.
High Easter
The figures for precipitation may be low as
there are reports of hail bouncing out of the
rain gauges. Reports mention windows broken,
crops damaged and holes punched through
corrugated plastic roofing. One observer
counted 140 'pits' per square metre on ground