The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
-Psalm 19:1

Do you know that God controls the clouds and makes his lightning flash?
-Job 37:15



Friday, July 03, 2009

Storm Damage in Lowndes County

It started out that my office was closing early to go to a 4th of July pool party celebration... well, then, I got this...

AREAS AFFECTED...SRN GA...NRN FL

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY

VALID 021833Z - 022000Z

ISOLATED SEVERE WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BUT COVERAGE IS NOT EXPECTED TO WARRANT A WATCH.

STORMS ARE STARTING TO FORM ACROSS SWRN GA...WITHIN A WEAK LOW PRESSURE TROUGH AND WHERE TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED INTO THE UPPER 90S F. MODIFIED MORNING AND FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE MODERATE INSTABILITY IN PLACE WITH ENOUGH MID TO UPPER LEVEL FLOW TO GET STORMS MOVING IN A SEWD DIRECTION AT 15-20 MPH. GIVEN A DEEPLY MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER AND THE PRESENCE OF DRY AIR IN THE MID LEVELS...DCAPE VALUES ARE RANGING FROM 1200-1400 J/KG. THIS SHOULD PROMOTE VERY GUSTY WINDS...AND SOME MAY BE SEVERE.
...so then it happened, as I was driving to my wonderful groom's work, to pick him up for the party... the sky darkened and the lightning (some really impressive CG) started flashing all over. Then, Meso Mike called to report trees across road from the same complex... up in Berrien County during his ride home from work. The county's CodeRED weather alert system contacted my phone to let me know that the storm was severe warned. The wind then picked up, wind like I haven't seen in a while. Severe thunderstorm wind damage reports popped up all over the place... trees down on homes, roads, power lines down... what a storm!

Thanks to Alabama for the screen shot.Above are the reported storm reports... well, what they missed because it apparently wasn't reported to the authorities is the thunderstorm wind damage about 4 miles north of my house, including a tree in a house and several other uprooted trees, damage to a barn, shingles blown off a roof and a panel blown out of a fence.

Shingles gone off the roof and blown to the other side of the house.Barn damage, used to be flat...fence panel gone and fence dented...tree making a dive for the pool...one strong root, holding on...Ma Nature saw fit to move this tree from their backyard to their front yard, by way of their living room and kitchen...
The cool part was that I got to see an amazing sunset......and mammatus clouds while investigating... ... and the girls got to play with the barn kittens.There was definite thunderstorm related wind damage in north Lowndes yesterday.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning...
Severe Thunderstorm Warning...

Storm Reports including Lowndes County 07/02/09

Have a great day!
~Dewdrop

3 comments:

  1. Hi Dew.. we had our threatened storm this afternoon.. lots and lots of rain.. the roads were all awash with bits of rubbish floating down.. there was thunder, and lightening but I did not see any fork just sheet lightening. I know that some places in the UK have suffered. Keep well and Keep safe where ever this weekend take you .
    Tom

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  2. Hi Dew... I'm back again.. but this time it is to wish you all a Happy Independence Day, may the fun last all day and into the night... you both keep well and safe now.


    Tom and Jane

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  3. Beautiful clouds and colours in the sky! Storms can make much bad damages, I can see here.. :O Nice kittens! :)

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