Storm Clouds Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 WOW THAT WAS TOTALLY INTENSE!!! I heard there was a tornado warned coming towards me (so as the weather freak I am) I went outside! It turned pitch black to the west and I saw some flashes of lightning (not much). Then all of a sudden, I saw a GREEN FLASH! I nearly almost passed out because I never saw that before and I knew that normally meant that a tornado was on the ground or something! Then like 30 seconds after the green flash (I still was in shock), the heavens just let loose and the wind ramped up big time! I ran in my porch and it looked like absolute hurricane conditions outside...extremely heavy rain and strong wind! My power went out for about 10 minutes! Very crazy!!! The storm lasted for about 10 minutes. I heard there was a confirmed sighting of a tornado on the ground in Emigsville York County! That is only like 5 minutes to my northeast! IDK if its true or not though... My weather station recorded a gust of 38 mph during the storm and (get this)...10 inch per hour rainfall rates!!! INSANE! Well, that is my story...I think I will be out scouting the area tomorrow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastPAWx Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 1.61" of rain and it is pouring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlislePaWx Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Here in Carlisle at 10:30pm.... Radar finally shows the western edge of the rain moving into western Cumberland county...but not before dumping 2.96" of rainfall and depositing puddles of water in my basement What a day. I'm not sure I have ever witnessed all of these watches/warnings simultaneously in effect: Flash Flood Watch, Wind Advisory, Flood Watch, Flood Warning, Flash Flood Warning, Tornado Watch, Special Weather Statement. I've been around quite a long time and I honestly cannot remember this many items issued by NWS all at the same time. I might also add that besides today's 2.96" which fell in a little over 13 hours, I have recorded 4.97" of rainfall for this past week, which started last Sunday morning at 12:00AM. I'm not sure how many weeks ago I set up my unofficial wireless rain gauge but it says it has recorded a total of 8.46" of rain. I think I put it out about 5 weeks ago. Maybe tomorrow's winds with sunshine can start to dry things out. I need to run a fan in my basement to evaporate the puddles. -----Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 I made a thread in the SNE forum but there could be some t'storms later on today as the strong cold pool aloft moves across the area...this will create a very steep lapse rate environment and with some daytime heating will help to create some weak sfc-based instability and some elevated instability too. If storms do develop they could certainly produce some small hail...perhaps one or two storms produces severe hail (1'' in diameter). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahantango Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 2.75 in. of rain here, an another flood. This is very unusual to have 20 floods within 5-6 wks. of each other! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahantango Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 This post should have read: 2.75 in. of rain here, an another flood. This is very unusual to have 2 floods within 5-6 wks. of each other! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blizzard92 Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 3.71in of rain here is the final total here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted April 17, 2011 Author Share Posted April 17, 2011 Flooding pictures. Creek looks more like river now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckyplayer8 Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Something about the Southern portion of the valley that likes tornados. Hardly ever have them up here in the Northern portion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 NWS determined the damage in York County, PA to be from straight line winds and NOT a tornado. Link: https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.srh.noaa.gov%2Fproductview.php%3Fpil%3DPNSCTP&h=841b2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Something about the Southern portion of the valley that likes tornados. Hardly ever have them up here in the Northern portion. I saw a PA tornado probability map on Weather World one time, and there is like a minor tornado alley from like Gettysburg to Carlisle to Harrisburg to just west of Philly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckyplayer8 Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 I saw a PA tornado probability map on Weather World one time, and there is like a minor tornado alley from like Gettysburg to Carlisle to Harrisburg to just west of Philly. http://pasc.met.psu.edu/PA_Climatologist/extreme/Tornado/PEMA_tornado.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 http://pasc.met.psu....MA_tornado.html Yep! That's it. Thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itstrainingtime Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Surprised to see the radar this morning, looks like a good soaker on the way here today. No games again tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Being on a boil water advisory blows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Surprised to see the radar this morning, looks like a good soaker on the way here today. No games again tonight. Really? This was forecasted for a few days. Being on a boil water advisory blows. Because of the flooding? That sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckyplayer8 Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 When did the PACNW relocate to PA? I mean wow. *images hotlinked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itstrainingtime Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Really? This was forecasted for a few days. Because of the flooding? That sucks. As recently as yesterday morning, our local forecast was calling for a 50% chance of showers. My point was that this looks a bit more impressive than that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 As recently as yesterday morning, our local forecast was calling for a 50% chance of showers. My point was that this looks a bit more impressive than that... Gotcha. I was looking more at forecast models than actual forecasts. The one thing that is a bit disconcerting is over and over again, for the last few weeks, the GFS has had anywhere between 2.5-5 inches of rain for total 15-day precip. And it's been verifying. That really sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauss06 Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Really? This was forecasted for a few days. Because of the flooding? That sucks. Jamie, the boi water advisory is because yesterday a contractor hit a major water main. It basically shut down harrisburg. The State, HACC and most other business's in the area had to shut down. Volunteer Fire Companies had to send their tankers to stand by in Harrisburg City Firehouses because no water in the Hydrants. Now again today, there is another major water main break and many offices closed again, including the state Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawatch Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Ended up getting 2.55" from the weekend storm. Looks like today is suppose to bring us .74" of rain. I guess it is better to have an overabundance of rain than a drought. But it is starting to get old. Jamie I guess the highlight of the Blue White game was...Apparently to get drunk and do mud slides in Lot 13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauss06 Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Heavy rain again in Harrisburg. Nothing to do my laugh i guess. Well, drinking is still an option too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Jamie, the boi water advisory is because yesterday a contractor hit a major water main. It basically shut down harrisburg. The State, HACC and most other business's in the area had to shut down. Volunteer Fire Companies had to send their tankers to stand by in Harrisburg City Firehouses because no water in the Hydrants. Now again today, there is another major water main break and many offices closed again, including the state Wow. Water main breaks used to happen a lot when I lived in Pittsburgh, likely still do. There was one that totally flooded a lot of downtown. Sorry to hear. Ended up getting 2.55" from the weekend storm. Looks like today is suppose to bring us .74" of rain. I guess it is better to have an overabundance of rain than a drought. But it is starting to get old. Jamie I guess the highlight of the Blue White game was...Apparently to get drunk and do mud slides in Lot 13. lmao. One of my interns came in yesterday with these scraps all up his arms, and he told me the entire story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Jamie, the boi water advisory is because yesterday a contractor hit a major water main. It basically shut down harrisburg. The State, HACC and most other business's in the area had to shut down. Volunteer Fire Companies had to send their tankers to stand by in Harrisburg City Firehouses because no water in the Hydrants. Now again today, there is another major water main break and many offices closed again, including the state I hope they hang the Harsco contractor in the Market Square because of this. I also hope the city and state sends all bills / loss of revenue to Harsco because of this. Ugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001kx Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Im starting to wonder if the sun even exists anymore. this is horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itstrainingtime Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Im starting to wonder if the sun even exists anymore. this is horrible. Guarenteed to see the sun tomorrow...why? We have no games tomorrow night. That's been the most accurate way to forecast down here for the past few weeks. If we have baseball or softball, it rains that day. If not, sunny, blue skies... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Im starting to wonder if the sun even exists anymore. this is horrible. Thursday there will be thousands of UFO reports. Guarenteed to see the sun tomorrow...why? We have no games tomorrow night. That's been the most accurate way to forecast down here for the past few weeks. If we have baseball or softball, it rains that day. If not, sunny, blue skies... Way to bust our severe chances, dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001kx Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Thursday there will be thousands of UFO reports. lol im ready for some sun and 75 degree weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santa Clause Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Anyone know about our t'storm chances for tommorrow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauss06 Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Fire Companies are once again being pressed into service to assist homeowners with flooding. Our county just dispatched our Trot team ( tech. rescue operation team) plus our rescue to a building collapse in a Neighboring town as the rain keeps pounding down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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