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Baseball Sized Hail Hits Santa Claus, Arab

By Jesse Ferrell, AccuWeather meteorologist and senior weather editor

Published May 25, 2006 11:42 PM EDT | Updated Jun 6, 2006 3:30 PM EDT

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The following severe weather reports of interest have come from the National Weather Service this evening:

TORNADO: OTWELL, INDIANA: CONFIRMED BY FIRE/RESUCE. DAMAGED HOMES WITH INDIVIDUALS TRAPPED IN ONE HOME. FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED. ROADS INTO COMMUNITY ARE BLOCKED. DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. SOME TREES TWISTED. NO INJURIES KNOWN AT THIS TIME.

HAIL: SANTA CLAUS, INDIANA: TENNIS BALL HAIL 2.5" IN DIAMETER OCCURRING ACROSS FROM AMUSEMENT PARK.

HAIL: ARAB, INDIANA: TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL 2.5" IN DIAMETER OCCURRING IN COMMUNITY.

As of 8 p.m. Eastern Time, 44 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings are in effect and over 300 have been issued so far today.

But in La Crosse, Wisconsin this evening... a beautiful rainbow snapped by Photo Gallery user Headspin:

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