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The weather was the star of the show this year. We experienced severe thunderstorms, sustained high winds with
powerful gusts, and concentrated lightning. We also were under hail and tornado watches, though we didn't get
either of those thankfully. Hail was reported in the region, including some stones up to a quarter in size.

The skies started out cloudy and only got worse from there, being darkly overcast for most of the event. The
sun finally showed itself 45 minutes before the end of the event, as we were starting our tear-down. Even then,
it was still raining lightly even as the sun shined around the clouds.

Others reported later that they saw up to BASEBALL size hail where they lived. Wow...

2023.06.24 17.00.02 thunderstorms (this was about as good as it got on Saturday)	2023.06.24 17.00.08 thunderstorms (lots of rain, punctuated with lightning and wind gusts)	2023.06.24 17.00.20 heavy rain (lots of water in the lot, but wasn't deep and didn't flood)	2023.06.24 ugly radar	2023.07.18 Hail Mary (hail 3 weeks later at Pierre South Dakota)

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