This canopy was a hailstorm casualty

An impressive spring hail storm pelted Capitol Hill with ice pellets for more than 10 minutes Saturday just after 5 PM. The hailstorm apparently contributed to an injury incident on Summit Ave as a woman suffered a heady injury when a canopy outside Top Pot crashed down during the downpour.

Thanks to reader Chris for the information and picture from the scene. Seattle Fire responded to treat the woman’s non life-threatening injury.

Elsewhere on the Hill, the storm was a mostly harmless crescendo to what has been an unfortunately *freezing cold* weekend.

More pictures, etc. below.

From Greg: “Out my back window. Hail so thick that you can see the channels created by the rain. This was taken right at the end of the cloudburst, next to SCCC.”

From Benjamin

UPDATE 6:15 PM: We’re getting reports of power outages in multiple locations across the Hill including near Roy and Summit and near Eastlake. If you are without power (and remembered to charge your phone), let us know. Seattle City Light is currently showing no outages on its system status map. From reports thus far, Hill’s powerless range appears centered around the northwester stretches of the neighborhood. Meanwhile, other locations across the city are also without power.

From Jim

From Erin: “19th Ave”

UPDATE — 7:07 PM: Seattle City Light said around 15,000 customers were without power following an equipment failure. Many in the Capitol Hill area of the outages reported their power was restored earlier tonight. City Light said its most significant outages should be restored by 1 AM.