atownwxwatcher Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Rain with winds SE 22 gusting to 32 48 degrees Occasional rumbles and flashes in the sky here in center city Allentown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastPAWx Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 50.7°F...having thunder and lightning occasionally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo82685 Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 .72 of rain in d hizzle so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo82685 Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 .72 so far here in d hizzle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitty97 Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 some rotation w of allentown, north of reading Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quakertown needs snow Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMolineuxLM1 Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 No lightning here to speak of at all currently. Not sure how the rest will play out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChescoWx Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Rain total so far 1.24" Still raining heavily Temp 56.6 Wind ENE 6 gusts to 20mph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 1.18" so far in Tamaqua with a few rumbles of thunder about an hour ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastPAWx Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Getting really windy now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAPPG Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 54t/52d Good flash/rumble 10 minutes ago. Up to .61 rain. Max rate only .78/hr Wind gusting to 30mph, now shifting SE from E total now at 1.43, rain rates to 1.93/hr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Mods, do we really need two threads for this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
am19psu Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Mods, do we really need two threads for this? No. I didn't even realize there was a second one. They've been merged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 0.86" now, heavy rain continues, though no thunder/lightning yet 56.2° Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 LWX just put out a blanket warning for the squall line. If it holds together, it should be in Chester by 8:45 and Philly by 9:00. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hudsonvalley21 Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0538 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2011 AREAS AFFECTED...DC...MD...NRN VA...ERN WV...DE...SWRN NJ...SRN PA CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 151...152... VALID 162238Z - 170015Z THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 151...152...CONTINUES. LATEST SFC MESOANALYSIS DEPICTS LOW PRESSURE OVER NWRN VA WITH A PREFRONTAL TROUGH TRAILING SWD FROM THE LOW ACROSS THE WRN PERIPHERY OF WW 151. EAST OF THIS FEATURE...THE MOIST/UNSTABLE SECTOR IS SOUTH OF A BAROCLINIC ZONE ARCING NEWD FROM THE SFC LOW TOWARD 30 S MRB AND THEN SEWD TOWARD CHESAPEAKE BAY. SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY...DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 60S ARE FOUND OVER CNTRL VA SUPPORTING A WEAKLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS /MLCAPE VALUES OF 250 TO AROUND 500 J PER KG/. NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY...INSTABILITY IS EVEN MORE MARGINAL GIVEN SFC DEWPOINTS IN THE MIDDLE 50S. PERSISTENT SHOWER AND TSTM ACTIVITY IS REINFORCING THE COOL AIR NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY TO SOME EXTENT. HOWEVER...STRONG ASCENT OVER THE MID ATLANTIC...REFLECTED BY SFC PRESSURE FALLS OF 4 TO 6 MB PER 2 HRS OVER SERN PA...WILL ALLOW THE SFC LOW TO TRANSLATE NEWD OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS WITH SFC WINDS GRADUALLY VEERING ACROSS CNTRL/ERN VA INTO ERN MD AND SERN PA IN RESPONSE TO ISALLOBARIC FORCING. IN TURN...MOISTURE TRAJECTORIES WILL BECOME MORE FAVORABLE IN THIS AREA FOR THE SLIGHTLY HIGHER INSTABILITY /ALBEIT MARGINAL/ AND MORE ROBUST UPDRAFT POTENTIAL TO NOSE NWD IN TIME. DESPITE THE MARGINAL DEGREE OF INSTABILITY...STRONG DEEP-LAYER SHEAR /71 KT OF 0-6 KM SHEAR PER STERLING VWP/ AHEAD OF THE PREFRONTAL TROUGH WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR UPDRAFTS. THE PRIMARY CONVECTIVE MODE IS FORECAST TO CONSIST OF LINE SEGMENTS/QLCS STRUCTURES MOVING NEWD...WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELL STRUCTURES POSSIBLE OVER SRN PORTIONS OF WW151 INVOF STRONGER INSTABILITY. VERY STRONG WINDS JUST OFF THE SFC /AROUND 50 KT AT 1 KM PER STERLING VWP/ WILL SUPPORT A DMGG WIND THREAT WITH ANY OF THIS ACTIVITY. A FEW TORNADOES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE...AS WELL...GIVEN THE DEGREE OF LOW-LEVEL SHEAR /EFFECTIVE SRH WELL ABOVE 400 M2 PER S2 IN MANY AREAS/...PARTICULARLY WITH ANY LEWP STRUCTURES. ..COHEN.. 04/16/2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blizzard92 Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 3.31in of rain here back towards Harrisburg with many areas of flash flooding and tons of road closures throughout the county; very serious situation here considering the amount of rain we received today and these past two weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atownwxwatcher Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Tornado warning into SC PA THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A* TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... WESTERN YORK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 3.31in of rain here back towards Harrisburg with many areas of flash flooding and tons of road closures throughout the county; very serious situation here considering the amount of rain we received today and these past two weeks. Wow that's a lot. How much did you get just from the squall line? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atownwxwatcher Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 TORNADO WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL LANCASTER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... CENTRAL YORK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...* UNTIL 900 PM EDT* AT 828 PM EDT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THE STORM CONTAINING THE TORNADO WAS NEAR EMIGSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BAINBRIDGE AND HALLAM AROUND 835 PM EDT... MAYTOWN AND MARIETTA AROUND 840 PM EDT... ELIZABETHTOWN AND COLUMBIA AROUND 845 PM EDT... MOUNT JOY AND MOUNTVILLE AROUND 850 PM EDT... LANDISVILLE AROUND 855 PM EDT... MANHEIM AROUND 900 PM EDT... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisNJ Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Strange to think of a squall line approaching with tornadoes and I have my heat in the house on and am wearing wool socks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Rainfall and peak wind gusts since 12Z: TTN 0.97"/33 mph PNE 0.89"/38 mph WRI 0.58"/44 mph VAY 0.84"/36 mph SMQ 1.14"/33 mph LOM 0.99"/33 mph UKT 0.99"/32 mph PHL 1.16"/41 mph MJX 0.24"/33 mph BLM 0.16"/40 mph PTW 1.63"/31 mph XLL 1.36"/31 mph MMU NA/37 mph ABE 1.49"/35 mph EWR 0.57"/47 mph CDW 1.44"/45 mph 12N 0.97"/35 mph TEB 0.73"/44 mph NYC 0.37"/39 mph ACY 0.19"/45 mph ILG 1.28"/47 mph LGA 0.29"/48 mph MQS 1.46"/38 mph JFK 0.16"/45 mph RDG 1.18"/45 mph MIV 0.36"/40 mph MPO 2.52"/36 mph FWN 0.56"/22 mph LNS 0.81"/47 mph HPN 0.99"/32 mph FRG 0.13"/43 mph DOV 0.61"/37 mph AVP 0.68"/62 mph MGJ 0.22"/30 mph SWF NA/40 mph MUI 1.88"/32 mph ISP 0.17"/45 mph GED 0.12"/47 mph ESN NA/38 mph W29 NA/46 mph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blizzard92 Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Wow that's a lot. How much did you get just from the squall line? Now up to 3.49in of rain. Just about .75in from the recent squall. The one that moved through about 2 hours ago produced the most rainfall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Up to 1.45" now, 55.9° Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rtd208 Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Highest wind gust so far, 38mph Total rainfall so far, 1.06" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo82685 Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 gotta admit, a lot more convective then what the models were showing for this event. Anyways, up to 2.37 right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 MUI had a whopping 1.30" of rain in the last hour with the squall line. PHL was the runner up and had 0.85" from the fire hose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 New SVR out for Cecil & Chester WUUS51 KPHI 170111SVRPHI MDC015-PAC029-170215- /O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0018.110417T0111Z-110417T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 911 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CECIL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ELKTON... CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WEST CHESTER... * UNTIL 1015 PM EDT * AT 908 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF HONEY BROOK TO ROCK SPRINGS TO 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OCTORARO...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF LANCASTER TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF LANCASTER TO 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF BALTIMORE...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... MOUNT VERNON...GLEN ROY...WEST NOTTINGHAM AND RISING SUN AROUND 920 PM EDT... HOMEVILLE...FARMINGTON...OXFORD AND HONEY BROOK AROUND 925 PM EDT... COCHRANVILLE AND ZION AROUND 930 PM EDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MAY CONTAIN LITTLE OR NO LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. && LAT...LON 3973 7615 3978 7607 3987 7601 3992 7601 4013 7593 4026 7566 4019 7555 4013 7551 4007 7537 4004 7543 3999 7545 3987 7562 3984 7560 3982 7570 3972 7579 3939 7577 3938 7604 3953 7599 3956 7610 3972 7624 TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 269DEG 37KT 4019 7611 3976 7616 3942 7640 $$ MPD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BucksCO_PA Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 9:10pm 1.71" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Absolutely pouring right now, my DVV just went up 0.04" at once. Several flashes of lightning as well. Meanwhile, iTunes on shuffle, the song playing is "Let it Rain". Curse you, Clapton! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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