weatherwiz Posted July 4, 2014 Author Share Posted July 4, 2014 Still chasing trees and wires down in Eastford and Thompson do you have any street names? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlantStickers Anonymous Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Easily best lightning I've seen all summer, went to a nice open parking lot to get a good view to the western sky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorEastermass128 Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Never post in the summer, but had some hail here. Pea-sized for about a minute. Tons of lightning too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hildy Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 These are really rough, but I kind of like that about them. The lightning was constant--strobe, cloud to cloud, cloud to ground. Really beautiful. Edit: And no matter how many times I rotate them till the image is right side up, it doesn't stick. Technology skill fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxsniss Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Is this line making it to Hatchshell in 2.5 hrs...? LOL, doubtful but would be funny. Wow was that wild. Line did exactly make it to Hatchshell in 2.5 hours. Esplanade fireworks were moved up 30 minutes (10pm instead of 10:30pm) because of it. Minutes after the show ended, torrential rain and lightning came in like a wall. You could even here screams from crowds upstream before it arrived. Hundreds of people running for cover, not a safe scene at all. Surprised no reports of people getting injured, it was as close to a stampede as I've ever seen. Still perplexed why they didn't move the show to Saturday like most towns. Must be a behind-the-scenes issue with the performers or money or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Warrior commander Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Here is part of the hail at 10:12PM yesterday http://youtu.be/qk9T5ElVP24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Discovered a big cherry took a strike either Wednesday or yesterday (most likely Wednesday, the CG was more intense then).. I'll post a picture after my phone charge. 64/64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Wow was that wild. Line did exactly make it to Hatchshell in 2.5 hours. Esplanade fireworks were moved up 30 minutes (10pm instead of 10:30pm) because of it. Minutes after the show ended, torrential rain and lightning came in like a wall. You could even here screams from crowds upstream before it arrived. Hundreds of people running for cover, not a safe scene at all. Surprised no reports of people getting injured, it was as close to a stampede as I've ever seen. Still perplexed why they didn't move the show to Saturday like most towns. Must be a behind-the-scenes issue with the performers or money or something. I don't think anyone anticipate a bow echo like that, when nothing supported it. Such is the nature of convection sometimes . The beach boys weren't available Saturday. That's why it was last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 I don't think anyone anticipate a bow echo like that, when nothing supported it. Such is the nature of convection sometimes . The beach boys weren't available Saturday. That's why it was last night. Usually it sh(ts the bed. Such is the nature of convection in SNE sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Warrior commander Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Approach of the thunderstorm that produced the hail here last evening. http://youtu.be/I6IjRQjnq-M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Approach of the thunderstorm that produced the hail here last evening. http://youtu.be/I6IjRQjnq-M Nice--did you get hit hard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ineedsnow Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 They had the east longmeadow fireworks during the thunderstorm it was awesome last night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 That was intense! Whew....... I need a smoke Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Approach of the thunderstorm that produced the hail here last evening. Great videos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radarman Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Pretty surprised at the number of wind reports in the valley for the second round last night, Northampton particularly. A lane of I91 was blocked. UMass also lost numerous large limbs and a couple trees and the weather station got a gust of 37mph, which is actually pretty darn high historically speaking for that spot. So much for my whining about how linear mode sucks in the Valley, though more often than not it does. But I was quite nearby when it went down and didn't get nearly the effects, so there may have been some localized embedded cell that tracked from Noho->Hadley-> Amherst coincident with the reports. The Sheffield cell did produce severe hail, but no golfballs anywhere that I saw yesterday. There was a 2" report in NH though on the TOR warned right moving cell. All in all a pretty impressive display, capped off with as good a lightning show as I've seen in a while... natures fireworks >>> human fireworks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxsniss Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 I don't think anyone anticipate a bow echo like that, when nothing supported it. Such is the nature of convection sometimes . The beach boys weren't available Saturday. That's why it was last night. Actually, I'd argue that evidence of bow formation was already apparent even before 8pm: It's interesting that this continued to accelerate to the coast, with best shear in western MA. It was the southern part of the bow in that image (between Hartford and the MA border) that accelerated into the Boston metro area by 10:40pm. Several thousand lost power in Boston metro including Cambridge, Brighton, Framingham etc. Funny... I was in Madison WI last weekend... from my vantage, this little bow echo was more impressive than the "derecho" event on Monday that impacted northern IL / southern WI. Yeah Beach Boys... I figured it was something like that. Would have been a spectacular and more typical 4th celebration on Saturday with clear weather and an actual day off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Actually, I'd argue that evidence of bow formation was already apparent even before 8pm: Bow_echo_4th_July_Thunderstorms_07_03_2014.PNG It's interesting that this continued to accelerate to the coast, with best shear in western MA. It was the southern part of the bow in that image (between Hartford and the MA border) that accelerated into the Boston metro area by 10:40pm. Several thousand lost power in Boston metro including Cambridge, Brighton, Framingham etc. Funny... I was in Madison WI last weekend... from my vantage, this little bow echo was more impressive than the "derecho" event on Monday that impacted northern IL / southern WI. Yeah Beach Boys... I figured it was something like that. Would have been a spectacular and more typical 4th celebration on Saturday with clear weather and an actual day off. Well I meant more when the line was by HFD. I certainly didn't expect the line to be that intense as it reached BOS. Probably 96/100 times those weaken considerably..esp at night. Looking back, there was some support for it to survive//mainly from high dews and instability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJBASHB Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Late to the party but we had some minor wind damage from the storm Thursday night. Our wooden swing set was toppled and blown ten feet into the woods, a decent sized pine fell partially blocking the road in front of my house, and my neighbor had two cars damaged by an 8" diameter pine bough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Late to the party but we had some minor wind damage from the storm Thursday night. Our wooden swing set was toppled and blown ten feet into the woods, a decent sized pine fell partially blocking the road in front of my house, and my neighbor had two cars damaged by an 8" diameter pine bough.Wow! Pretty meh over here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 I would have bet my house that bow fizzled into nada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 The atmosphere was still highly unstable and the line of storms was riding along the nose of increasing 0-6km bulk shear which allowed the line not only to remain intact but intensify as well...the line was also likely riding along a cold pool which probably helped to enhance and intensify the bow. I also believe there was a pocket of 6.5 C/KM lapse rates across NE MA which allowed for stronger updraft acceleration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 Tuesday looks a little interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 Tuesday looks a little interesting Interesting as in...just a shot at thunderstorms and a few strong to severe storms...won't be a major event or anything but could have a few fun storms around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Looks like we could bang tomorrow afternoon/night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Yeah the mesos still have that line moving into western ma tomorrow near dusk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted July 7, 2014 Author Share Posted July 7, 2014 Yeah the mesos still have that line moving into western ma tomorrow near dusk. Is dusk mornin or night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROOSTA Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 dawn-dusk, self-explanitory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice1972 Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Is dusk mornin or night? Night....but before total darkness....like evening Dawn is the morning term Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted July 7, 2014 Author Share Posted July 7, 2014 Night....but before total darkness....like evening Dawn is the morning term Oh thank God I didn't bet money. No forgot what that meant but my head probably had help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Oh thank God I didn't bet money. No forgot what that meant but my head probably had helpI used to wake up at the crack of Dawn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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