Big Storm

[pkveazey]

Well, we've got a huge butt kicking storm moving across Virginia and the present time is about 10PM. I was letting my tri-band radio scan, and I heard somebody on a distant repeater reporting some serious wind, lightning, trees down power line down up in the eastern mountains of Va. It looks like I'm going to get some of it much later on in a couple of hours. Earlier tonight, 2 very powerful small storm cells formed East of me but had no effect on my area.

[Jackalope]

     We've got a tornado watch until 5 am.  I really don't like tornadoes at night.  We had a storm front move through this afternoon, which is probably what you got, PK.

[pkveazey]

I got lucky. I was on the Internet, and I heard some heavy rain on the roof for about 15 minutes and then it was pretty much over.

[JohnyMac]

Yeah, today. We are under a sever thunderstorm watch and the folks about 60-miles south of us are under a tornado watch.

Looks like out Memorial Day event will be held inside. 

[Nemo]

Great day today in Central VA.  Low 80s, light breezes, comfortable day, clear skies, bright sunny day.


But 2 years ago today a 1 mph short of class 3 tornado came through my little burg and destroyed a crap ton of stuff.  One house was completely destroyed and numerous others damaged.

Probably 10 acres of old growth hardwood was laid down and harvested over the next few weeks.

My house was 250 yards on the left side of the tornado and we had likely no more than 60mph as I recall.    News report remembering it this evening said it was on the ground about 6 miles.  Not a fun morning that day.

Nemo