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It looks to have lifted. The warning is canceled. Thank God.

Oh Lord, we have another tornado coming in this direction! This is getting real old.

It’s back up for now.......

It was down on Saturday then back up yesterday. I am sure this is not a new issue. Bad timing for sure.

C.A.P.E. On radar south Dover looked like it got a pretty good hit from a tornado. I could not tell if it was the same cell that came by your or not. It was a separate warning.

Yes, that is easy to believe. One gust in particular bowed a huge Maple tree over. The tree survived but wow!

From Mt. Holly: NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... Its been an interesting couple of hours this morning as the warm frontal rainfall generally fell east of where we had anticipated it. We`ve seen generally 0.5-1" of rainfall east of the I-95 corridor and across DelMarVa. Based on forecast RFC Flash Flood Guidance, and DOT reports have confirmed, this has been causing the potential for some ponding of water over roads and areas of poor drainage. The pressing issue is that right behind the rainfall fall we`ve seen significant increases in reports of stronger winds. Looking at one hour pressure changes in the HRRR and from obs in the area we`ve seen all the signatures of a gravity wave propagating through the Mid-Atlantic. We`ve issued an SPS to highlight this threat. Moving forward into today, SPC has expanded the SLGT just a bit further north and we think that today`s set up to be an impact day with regards to convection. The timing of the threat should run from around noon through 8pm on the late side. Based on our mesoanalysis forecasters thoughts, we should see initially discrete cells moving through before coalescing into a line of storms. All of the typical steering flow indicators, deep layer shear, bunkers-right, and storm relative flow all is oblique to the boundary. This should mean that as the storms approach the I-95 corridor we`ll be looking at a QLCS event with the potential for rotation along the line.

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21 for the low here. It is back up to 26 already. We had a heavy dusting of snow. It has melted except for raised surfaces. I forgot and left my CoCoRaHS gage out over night. It is frozen and frozen into the bracket. It has .46 of ice in it. Will try to recover it around noon and get the true reading.

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I have to add that the storm with the tornado in April was worse in thunder, lightening and wind when the tornado passed by. This evenings storm had a lot more rain and lots of hail. It has been an amazing year for severe in this area.

Oh my what a storm we had this evening. Winds to around 60 mph. Two rounds of hail with the first round bringing 15 minutes of quarter size hail. The second round was briefer and the hail was smaller. I lost my persimmon tree which was loaded with green fruit. We had 3.63 inches of rain in less than 45 minuets. Every bit of it quickly sunk into the parched ground. I made a spotter report by phone and the power went out in the middle of the call and the phone disconnected. The NWS employee could hear the hail hitting the windows during the call. They said the storm had a large hail core. I was able to call back and finish the report. Whew.....my tomatoes and peppers took a beating too. This was the worst TS in many years for this area.

Here is a shot of the tornado warned area from Radar Scope

I have to say that the NWS report for the Laurel area reads like the damage is much milder than what we are seeing. There were more than “several” homes and barns damaged.

RT 13 North bound is open now. South bound is one lane south of Laurel Village. There are still a lot of power outages. 1.28” rain here. It’s a beautiful day weathewise.

Power is back on. No damage here. News is not good. Sussex County First Alert (Facebook) says that there is a lot of damage in this area and advises us to stay home. A number of roads are closed including RT 13 and Alt. 13. Schools are on a 2 hour delay. That is all I have from here. Am not going out to add to the confusion.

That was really scary. The lightening and wind were really bad. I wish we had better news coverage here. Del Elec Coop outage map shows lots of power outages mostly in the western parts of Kent and Sussex counties. Our power is still out and will likely remain that way for awhile. I hope no one was hurt.

That is extremely close to me now. Power is out. Heavy thunderstorm with continuous lightening.

We have over an inch of snow here near Laurel. Now it is sleeting. This thing may over perform what the forecast is.

I reported 9 inches to CoCoRaHS. I think we got more than that but it was impossible to measure so I was conservative. This storm had more impact than last years simply because the winds were so strong. Much more drifting with this event. Also the temps are much colder. Sussex county is still shut down today.

I remember reading your posts. Enjoyed seeing you and your lady on the OC boardwalk cam. Fun times!

We needed this rain badly and I am thankful that we got it. When I saw the radar yesterday evening showing a warm river of rain being pulled directly out of the gulf I knew that a lot of people were going to be disappointed with their "snowstorm." Onto Spring.

I agree. None of the models are showing much if anything for my area. I hope we get a fair amount of moisture. We need some badly. I am ready for Spring.

You look to have about the same as we do near Laurel. Being at the coast you should finish a bit higher than we do. That is okay. I have been shoveling this stuff and will have to do a second round when the snow ends. Am thinking about buying a snow blower as my husband had a mild heart attack in early December and it is all up to me now.

It looks like about 7 inches here in Laurel. Could be a little more. The wind is starting to pickup up and the snow is still coming down heavily. When the wind gusts it is almost a whiteout. This fluffy stuff is going to really drift. It should get interesting even after the snow shuts off.