The National Weather Service advised residents to take extra precautions Thursday after the South was hit with nearly two dozen tornadoes and downpours Wednesday.
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Our storms here petered out. I don't think we got a tenth of an inch of rain and very little thunder last night up until I went to bed about 10.
The TVA rain site said we got 1.38" of rain last night, so it must've come down pretty good between 10 and midnight - maybe. The rain gauge is located near the airport in Lafayette and I've seen downpours there, yet my place 7 miles away wouldn't have a drop of rain.
Down here in deep southeast La. we were supposed to begin getting heavy rain showers about noon yesterday but it didn't arrive until 8 last night. It was rough for an hour or so, wind, heavy rain with lots of thunder andlightning. Electricity blinked a few times but never went out, overall I give it a 3.5 out of 10.
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Topography does have some influence on weather patterns. OG
ReplyDeleteFlorida can be like that, literally at my house, sunny, slightly cloudy... look 2 blocks up the street and it's a gray wall of torrential downpour... if it's raining, unless it's hurricaine season, just wait 30 minutes and it'll be sunny again, but of course that equals mad humidity after
ReplyDeleteI was young but I vividly remember watching a storm come down the road while I was at my grandfather's farm. The storm actually stopped a couple of hundred yards from where I was standing and then moved away. All I got was a couple of drops. This was in Pennsylvania, Not Florida where it's a common occurrence.
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Here in Hampton Roads VA,
ReplyDelete...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM EDT FRIDAY...
* WHAT...North winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt and
waves 2 to 5 ft expected.
* WHERE...James River from James River Bridge to Hampton Roads
Bridge-Tunnel.
* WHEN...For the Gale Warning, from 4 AM to 10 PM EDT Friday.
For the Dense Fog Advisory, until 10 AM EDT this morning.
* IMPACTS...Strong winds will cause hazardous waves which could
capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.
How did Jack do last night?
ReplyDeleteHe was fine. I gave him his doggie downer, not that he needed it as little thunder that we got.
DeleteIt tore ass here in Pensacola around 3AM. I even had to lower the tv volume to make sure the continuous thunder rumbles weren't a damn tornado.
ReplyDeletePretty good rain/thunder event and down in the upper 40s at sunrise.