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[Mike]

At about 4:30 last evening, the warning sirens were going off and we learned we were under a tornado warning for the better part of an hour.

Actually, it was the best part of two hours before things returned to some sense of normalcy. The drive home from work was a real treat. I've lived here all my life and streets were ponding in areas I had never seen before.

There are some images of the storm damage located HERE. Maitland, there is a photo of some hailstones and a couple coins in that slideshow The larger of the two coins is about 50% larger than a £2 coin. Fields in the county to our immediate northwest had crops shredded by the hail. All we can do now is hope it is not to late to replant. If we have a decent Fall, the farmers just might pull it off. If it gets wet early on, this isn't going to be a very good harvest for an area that is already suffering the effects of the economy.

And today's forecast is calling for a 70% chance of more thunderstorms. Oh, joy.

[starringashrslf]

 Mike, on 15 June 2010 - 06:08 AM, said:

At about 4:30 last evening, the warning sirens were going off and we learned we were under a tornado warning for the better part of an hour.

Actually, it was the best part of two hours before things returned to some sense of normalcy. The drive home from work was a real treat. I've lived here all my life and streets were ponding in areas I had never seen before.

There are some images of the storm damage located HERE. Maitland, there is a photo of some hailstones and a couple coins in that slideshow The larger of the two coins is about 50% larger than a £2 coin. Fields in the county to our immediate northwest had crops shredded by the hail. All we can do now is hope it is not to late to replant. If we have a decent Fall, the farmers just might pull it off. If it gets wet early on, this isn't going to be a very good harvest for an area that is already suffering the effects of the economy.

And today's forecast is calling for a 70% chance of more thunderstorms. Oh, joy.

We were sent home from work early yesterday because our network had gotten fried during a storm on Saturday. Now mind you, I like having time off, but it was without pay and I'm still trying to recover from being out of work for 2 months. The network is barely holding on by a thread and we had 2 violent storms yesterday and another one is making it's way through as I type this. I've had enough of storms, we need some good weather!!

[Maitland]

 Mike, on 15 June 2010 - 06:08 AM, said:

At about 4:30 last evening, the warning sirens were going off and we learned we were under a tornado warning for the better part of an hour.

Actually, it was the best part of two hours before things returned to some sense of normalcy. The drive home from work was a real treat. I've lived here all my life and streets were ponding in areas I had never seen before.

There are some images of the storm damage located HERE. Maitland, there is a photo of some hailstones and a couple coins in that slideshow The larger of the two coins is about 50% larger than a £2 coin. Fields in the county to our immediate northwest had crops shredded by the hail. All we can do now is hope it is not to late to replant. If we have a decent Fall, the farmers just might pull it off. If it gets wet early on, this isn't going to be a very good harvest for an area that is already suffering the effects of the economy.

And today's forecast is calling for a 70% chance of more thunderstorms. Oh, joy.

Thankfully storms like that in Scotland are a one in a hundred year event. We do get winds regularly at 100 miles an hour on the islands but the damage they cause due to the sparse population is limited and although we have had the odd tiny tornado it is nothing in comparison to those in the states.

Balmy here in Scotland at nearly 10am. Temperatures are about 18 degrees and climbing and should reach about 22 - 24 here today. Very pleasant for Scotland so lets hope it continues.

M...

[Mike]

How could you expect weather like that to continue? That was your summer and you should be thankful for it.

18° here at 5:30 AM, with highs expected around 29° today. And a high of 33° expected for tomorrow. And the thunderstorms are meant to move back into the area until Tuesday or Wednesday.

As for heavy storms, ones causing damage like that are bound to happen in this area at least a couple times a year. Night before last, we had a pretty bad storm blow through as I was on my way home from work and then another passed through around 3 hours later. We definitely see our share of heavy storms. And then some. The area where the most crops were damaged in the big storms had hailstones measuring 4.5 inches in diameter, which is unusual. But we often get hail that will cover the ground in a matter of 2-3 minutes. And this time of year, when we start getting hail, we're generally running for cover and watching for the tornado.

The saying here is if you don't particularly care for the weather, stick around a few minutes as it's bound to change.

[Mike]

I think we're still here this morning. Unless the recent rounds of thunderstorms blew us off the map or washed us away.

As I was preparing to leave the shop last evening, the measured temperature was 91° / 33° with the humidity at 63%, giving us a heat index of 102° / 39°. The first line of thunderstorms marched through around 8:00 PM and the second arrived around 2:30 AM this morning. It's getting to the point where we're hearing the Civil Defense sirens more than we are hearing the birds singing.

I was just looking at the local weather radar and it looks as if Indianapolis just got shellacked with a line of storms in the last hour.

I just keep telling myself at least it's not bitter cold and I'm not wading through snow.

[starringashrslf]

 Mike, on 19 June 2010 - 06:49 AM, said:

I think we're still here this morning. Unless the recent rounds of thunderstorms blew us off the map or washed us away.

As I was preparing to leave the shop last evening, the measured temperature was 91° / 33° with the humidity at 63%, giving us a heat index of 102° / 39°. The first line of thunderstorms marched through around 8:00 PM and the second arrived around 2:30 AM this morning. It's getting to the point where we're hearing the Civil Defense sirens more than we are hearing the birds singing.

I was just looking at the local weather radar and it looks as if Indianapolis just got shellacked with a line of storms in the last hour.

I just keep telling myself at least it's not bitter cold and I'm not wading through snow.

The sun is actually out for the moment, though it's 87 degrees. The storms came through at 3am this morning. I'm usually a very sound sleeper, but they woke me up. They lasted for about an hour. This was the second round as we did get the ones around 9 that you got at 8. I get a text message with the 5 day weather forecast. It was chance of thunderstorms for the next 5 days. Enough already!!

[Mike]

Yeppers, our local forecast says we might get a break from the thunderstorms on Thursday. I'm sick of it too. Although you don't have to wear a coat and gloves, nor do you have to shovel rain. Although we've had enough hail you could shovel it up. Still beats the cold and snow.