There I was, minding my own business, when out of the blue I got a call from Meso Mike, who was hard at work out at the AFB. He was calling to report pea-sized hail (as if I am the weather service... I think he does it just to make me jealous--he is afterall, the Meso-magnet). Just as he called, our power flickered after a lightning strike, and we lost our connection to the server, so I couldn't see what was going on radar-wise. I had been so engrossed in my work that I hadn't realized that a cell had gone severe warned in my county!! Nor did I realize that the storm packed with it sufficient punch to warrant a severe wind report...
REED BINGHAM STATE PARKFortunately, the server connection was quickly restored, and I was able to get a glimpse of what had happened.
COLQUITT GA
WIND GUSTS BLEW SOME BOATS OVER AND KNOCKED SOME SMALL TREES DOWN.
That super-sized cell dumped 1.35" of rain on my thirsty yard. Amazing... I almost didn't believe my eyes when I checked my gauge this morning... yesterday was quite a weather day actually with tornadoes reported in WISCONSIN (yes, sis, WISCONSIN!!!) and Colorado. There was also a water spout in the Tampa Bay area that spawned a tornado warning. Crazy!!! Today doesn't look much different. There is an area outlined with a slight risk for severe weather... but the Arklatex area just sprouted a tornado watch.
I would expect the slight risk box to shift eastward some as the day progresses, but we shall see.Have a great day!
~Dewdrop
We had some ominous looking stuff coming our way yesterday afternoon, but it fizzled and separated before it got to Oshkosh. Regardless, it was enough to cancel my golf league, which was totally uncalled for. :)
ReplyDeleteReally interesting, I saw the water spout down in Tampa on our news. I also saw what they said was a tornado forming but it got sucked back up into the sky, not sure where that was though. Wish we could get a steady rain for a couple of days up here.
ReplyDeletep.s. I will probably regret that last statement!
ReplyDeleteKeep that weather radio turned on.
ReplyDeleteGreat post and fantastic pictures.
I'll try to catch up on all of the great stuff here.
I'm back to posting so,
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