IWXwx Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 1.25" hail was reported at MPX National Weather Service office, but generally the VIL/reflectivity shows indications of hail smaller than that, or none at all. The actual report was 1.5" hail. Maybe the VIL data was inaccurate due to being right over the radar (cone of silence)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Looks like northwest Minneapolis will be getting torrential rain and perhaps up to 1" size hail. VIL finally went big there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 The actual report was 1.5" hail. Maybe the VIL data was inaccurate due to being right over the radar (cone of silence)? yes, that report showed 1.25" and then it showed 1.5" just after I posted that. That storm may have been too close to the MPX radar to detect the high altitude parts of the storm, and too far from ARX radar to detect it accurately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chitown Storm Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 I'm 4 mi north of STP and looks like midnight outside. That stuff hitting NW Minneapolis is on a line to nail us now. I guess I'm getting what I asked for. Still quite a few boaters on the lake. Not sure they're going to have time to get back to shore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chitown Storm Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 60DBZ returns north of Mpls. Rapid intensification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Nice cloud to ground strikes around here right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Definitely severe hail hitting the North Saint Paul area and I wouldn't be surprised to see some wind reports just south of there the way the storm appears to be bowing out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted May 3, 2015 Author Share Posted May 3, 2015 GGEM's going gangbusters with the warm pattern, popping a 588dm ridge over PA and parking 16*C 850mb temps overhead by next weekend. GFS did take a step in that direction, but not nearly as impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chitown Storm Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Unbelievable hail damage here. Some 100 yr old trees stripped bare. Branches down everywhere. Ground is covered with hailstones. Pics and video to follow after I clean up the mess. Damn it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted May 3, 2015 Author Share Posted May 3, 2015 Definitely severe hail hitting the North Saint Paul area and I wouldn't be surprised to see some wind reports just south of there the way the storm appears to be bowing out. With temps in the 70s and dewpoints only around 50*F, there's no question severe wind gusts (whether it's via the storm's outflow or the downburst) are coming out of that cell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Nice cloud to ground strikes around here right now Wondered if we would hear from you. Lots of strikes being detected in your area and northwest of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Unbelievable hail damage here. Some 100 yr old trees stripped bare. Branches down everywhere. Ground is covered with hailstones. Pics and video to follow after I clean up the mess. Damn it. Ask and you shall receive. Seriously, sorry to hear about the damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Wondered if we would hear from you. Lots of strikes being detected in your area and northwest of you. Yeah. Was busy watching baseball, ignoring the radar until I heard the boom loud enough to shake the house. Been seeing more than a few ctg with the windmills in the area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 GGEM's going gangbusters with the warm pattern, popping a 588dm ridge over PA and parking 16*C 850mb temps overhead by next weekend. GFS did take a step in that direction, but not nearly as impressive. Euro is showing the same. The GFS is starting to catch on. The low drifting up the coast is acting as a block and allowing our ridge to remain in place. Meanwhile, the 4 corners trough, which I hoped would give us some weather, now looks to be pushed up into the Northern Plains. EDIT: At least that's my uneducated take on it. Perhaps a met could chime in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chitown Storm Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Ask and you shall receive. Seriously, sorry to hear about the damage. Did a walk around the house. Trees took some damage, but I think most are okay actually. Several of them lost all of their buds though. The paint on the deck is chipped. But all things considered, it's not as bad as I feared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 a little bit off topic for this region: looks like the storm south of Lincoln NE could be developing a low-level mesocyclone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Marusak Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Unbelievable hail damage here. Some 100 yr old trees stripped bare. Branches down everywhere. Ground is covered with hailstones. Pics and video to follow after I clean up the mess. Damn it. couple of miles down the road from you (hyacinth and sylvan, north end of st paul), i got just pea to dime-sized hail, wind gusts probably 40-45. branches fallen were mainly 1/2" or less diameter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chitown Storm Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 couple of miles down the road from you (hyacinth and sylvan, north end of st paul), i got just pea to dime-sized hail, wind gusts probably 40-45. branches fallen were mainly 1/2" or less diameter. Pretty amazing that there is still some hail on the ground over an hour later. Spent the last hour clearing a storm drain in the side of the yard that was clogged from all of the buds and leaves that fell. Looks like another line now forming to our west. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Temp only made 76 instead of what looked like a slam dunk 80+ degree day for the past several days. MCV clouds, precip, and outflow kept temps down here. Just southwest of us on the other side of the outflow boundary MLI made at least 83. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 85F here and it felt like it...first day i actually felt hot being outside...dew has climbed to 55F ...line of storms on our doorstep off to the west. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 frankthetank is about to get drilled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Managed to pick up 0.30" of rain this evening. Nice little soaker. Cut the lawn for the first time today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Was up near the WI border this afternoon. Was surprised to see how much further developed the leaves were just a few counties to the north. Still lots of bare/near bare trees. Impressive band of storms from western WI back through IA. Isolated sup southwest of Omaha is even tor warned in a weakly sheared environment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnesota Meso Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 I was at work this afternoon and couldn't monitor things closely. When I got home there was less than a quater of an inch of rain in my guage, while its not official it is generally very close. Level III data on GR 3 shows my lot getting .76. I may have to compare it to the CoCoRaHS reports in the morning, as I have a couple that are close to my house, Just may have to bite the bullet and join them. http://www.cocorahs.org/Maps/ViewMap.aspx?state=usa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 50 (unfiltered) storm reports today, but the SPC has been stingy with severe thunderstorm watches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Was up near the WI border this afternoon. Was surprised to see how much further developed the leaves were just a few counties to the north. Still lots of bare/near bare trees. Impressive band of storms from western WI back through IA. Isolated sup southwest of Omaha is even tor warned in a weakly sheared environment. Just had a band come through here...knocked the temps back pretty good and some pea sized hail and an impressive light show... not sure ...maybe 1/4 inch of rain if that when its all said and done. Love the sound a tstorm on a warm night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Nice bowing structure west of Dubuque...prefrontal cells firing in spots over nw il also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCNYILWX Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Interesting that the better velocities have mainly been north of the warning box there. Last few reflectivity scans show outflow surging ahead even in that area, so any severe threat with the line is probably waning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Popcorn cells firing off ahead of the main line now. Nice gust front on the radar plowing towards MSN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Awaiting the leftovers from Iowa hoping for a late night lightning op. Looks like they may crap out before they get this far southeast though. We'll see. Shot a few pics up at the Apple River Canyon State Park earlier today. This is a little southeast of Dubuque over the northwest tip of IL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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