By Josh Hall (Twitter: @Vancan19)

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Drayton Valley area gets large hail Friday night

Aug 3, 2019 | 2:05 PM

The Drayton Valley area, which was under a tornado watch for a part of Friday evening, was also battered by hail.

According to Environment and Climate Change Canada, hail the size of a teacup (80 mm) fell just north of the town.

Teacup to grapefruit-sized hail fell north in Spruce Grove, while loonie-sized hail fell in Devon.

More hail sizes from the region on Friday:

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Baseball sized hail (70 mm) in Stony Plain
Golf ball to baseball sized hail (45-70 mm) in Edmonton
Hen egg sized hail (50 mm) in Drayton Valley
Hen egg sized hail just southeast of Wabamun
Golf ball sized hail (45 mm) in Island Lake
Golf ball sized hail in Kavanagh
Golf ball sized hail in Josephburg
Walnut sized hail (38 mm) in Spring Lake
Loonie sized hail (26 mm) just north of Athabasca

The strongest wind gusts were 91 km/h in Pleasant View, and 88 in Enchant.

Fifteen kilometres north of Athabasca, 30 mm of rain fell.