By james art 
Mother Nature is known to wreak havoc during the NFL season, but the Cardinals and Bears were in for a surprise Sunday at State Farm Stadium.
The teams were cheered during the second quarter of the NFC clash in Glendale, Arizona, forcing the stadium’s roof to be closed midway through the game.
The afternoon game started with an open roof as the sun was out, but a surprise storm rolled into the area bringing rain and hail which started to fall midway through the game.
The CBS broadcast made a lot of mention of the time the storm clouds opened up and the freak situation led to the roof being closed, which the show said would take 10 minutes.
“It’s not just rain guys, we’ve got hail. It’s a really weird feeling because of the way it’s designed,” Evan Washburn said during the show. “Only the field is really affected, but you can see little white pellets. It’s hail here in Glendale.
The roof closure process was finally completed at the end of the second quarter.
The game became the first NFL game to ever have a retractable stadium roof closed mid-contest, according to footballzebras.com.
The outlet also pointed out that for a stadium to close its roof in the middle of an NFL game, the decision can only be made by the referee in coordination with football operations.
Strangely, another stadium in Arizona with a retractable roof had a problem.
Earlier this year, the Diamondbacks had to cancel a spring training game at Chase Field due to rain inside the stadium.
Chase Field does have a retractable roof, but due to a cable issue, they are unable to close the roof with fans inside the stadium, 12News reported.