09-10 analogy

This has to be one of the most active tornado years for the philly area ever.

Last night, for me, was the storm of the season. You get much wind? It prolly gusted to around 40-45 here for a bit

First thunder with any of the daytime cells

And it happened around the time school would have been letting out? I’m reminded of a tornado in Chicago way back in the 60s that stuck a school when it was letting out and I think a dozen students died. I think it plowed right through the school bus lot. It was an F4. — this wasn’t anything near that strong I’m pretty sure (unless the same people who initially surveyed LaPlata in 2002 and gave it an F5 survey it) — but still, dodged one here. here it is, the Belvedere tornado https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Oak_Lawn_tornado_outbreak

Ouch. my daughter’s school doesn’t start til next week so fortunately we avoided a lot of the stress other forum members have gone through today.

Bet she’d rather watch that than a 19 game losing streak

Cell just SW of Alexandria seems to be taking on a look. Meanwhile a bit of a downpour in up nw

Breezy in nw but still socked in with clouds

I don’t remember there being much sun before the Ivan outbreak, but that was a long time ago so memory may not be reliable. Last night’s storm was IMBY frankly the most impressive nighttime thunderstorm since … well, the derecho, probably. I slept through the one that caused the Arlington tornado earlier this year.

Getting windy this is a potent storm one of the best in a while

Wow at this lightning

Just woke up to a strobe effect

Gotta have Ichabod in there. and what is best, in the story of sleepy hollow, he’s in love with a woman named … Katrina

That was some pretty wild stuff ... a bit reminiscent of some of Josh M.'s legendary footage from Dorian. Not as intense of course, but it's about as hairy as anything I've seen today.

I don't know what has more staying power: the cam near Grand Isle or Ida itself. One thing is, Ida seems to have quite a bit more video documentation than Laura. Laura was largely at night, though ...

This is a pretty good livestream: https://www.htv10.tv/livestream with the outstanding virtue that the guys aren't claiming to be in 200 MPH gusts.

And someone put it up on Wiki already.

I think it finally gave out. Put up one hell of a fight, though.

All we need now is to see a great white float by. Or Cthulhu.

I don't know what's more amazing: the footage or the fact there is footage.

Looks like it'll see the eastern inner eye wall ... that is if it still holds. Would be remarkable if the feed holds and somehow it can get a picture of inside the eye. Not that it isn't remarkable footage now.

Then a hurricane came/Devastation reigned/And our man saw his future drip-dripping down the drain

I wonder if Robert Ricks still works for the NWS down there? He was the guy who wrote the legendarily ominous discussion before Katrina. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2015/08/hurricane-katrina-weather-forecast-robert-ricks-urgent-warning-changed-the-way-forecasts-are-issued.html

Beat me to it.

Looks like the incoming storm Should have some good T&L. Getting some pretty legit subsevere gusts as well: maybe 40 or so edit: frankly these gusts are about as strong as anything I’ve experienced in my little corner all summer. Maybe 7/1 was a bit higher, hard to say when it’s totally subjective calls