Farmers around Powell say hail from a violent storm on Tuesday night damaged or destroyed barley and other crops. The storm brought hail up to a half-inch in diameter, about a half inch of rain and 50 mph winds. It hit just before the barley harvest when the grain is especially vulnerable. Terry Faxon says that the dry seed heads waiting to be harvested can break easily under hail. She and her husband lost about 30% of their barley crop north of Powell. Bill Cox estimates that he lost between one-third and one-half of his 750 acres of barley about a week before he planned to harvest it. The other crops damaged by the hail include sunflowers and beets.
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