Post-Tropical Ida (Cat 4 hurricane @ Landfall @12:55pm EDT, 40 mph, 998 mb, 28 mph NE) - possible area flood impact, tornadoes, and severe weather

[Hurricane Agnes]

Have been hearing thunder hear.  Rain has started back up again and just over 1"/hr rates.  Temp and dp at 75.

[Hurricane Agnes]

Just had a close loud lightning strike.

[RedSky]

Extreme SE Bucks getting hit again with a tornado emergency that's incredible

 

[mattinpa]

Is there anything specifically that is making the region like the Midwest this summer? I have been in the area since 1990 and have seen nothing like this. 

[Birds~69]

Poor Lower Bucks....they've been getting smashed all Spring/Summer. 

[The Iceman]

2 minutes ago, Birds~69 said:

Confirmed tornado on ground in Bristol...headed toward Levittown. (Iceman?) 

It looks hella ominous. About to head to the basement now. Going to be a close call. It was confirmed near the turnpike bridge.

[CoolHandMike]

Spinning up near Maple Glen/Horsham again?

[Ralph Wiggum]

9 minutes ago, The Iceman said:

Not good...

Wow, take shelter man

[The Iceman]

Thankfully nothing doing here. Scary few minutes though, wish I could explain how the sky looked, just very ominous and black with clear rotation in the clouds. 

[Hurricane Agnes]

Spotter reported a funnel cloud near Tulleytown.

[Birds~69]

4 minutes ago, CoolHandMike said:

Spinning up near Maple Glen/Horsham again?

That came through my area...heavy rain/thunder but it may have gain strength since then.

[BuffaloWeather]

 

 

[Hurricane Agnes]

Getting hammered with  heavy rain now.  Getting close to 3"/hr.  Am up to 3.66" for the event at post time.

[Hurricane Agnes]

Wissahickon looks to probably be out of its banks.

[Windspeed]

[Lady Di]

7 minutes ago, The Iceman said:

Thankfully nothing doing here. Scary few minutes though, wish I could explain how the sky looked, just very ominous and black with clear rotation in the clouds. 

I had the same thing earlier.  Was moments away from basement.  Yet that what these hurricanes do when and if the reminents reach our area.

[RedSky]

26 minutes ago, Ralph Wiggum said:

I'm 2 blocks up from little Neshaminy and it is well over Bristol Road and encroaching on my home slowly. Never saw it this high since I've lived here.

That is some heavy rain over your area on radar at the moment 

[Lady Di]

I'm getting some more moderate rain down here at the moment

[jhotdog]

7.1 Souderton

[Hurricane Agnes]

Rain has let up a bit and down to about 1/2"/hr but am now at 4.03" for the event (3.47" for round 2), so the calls for " 4" - 6" " in the I95 corridor have definitely verified.

 There are some other streaky blobs to the west and am not sure if they will go over me but, we shall see.

[BBasile]

I'm still kind of in awe of that tornado.  What a beast.  Have to to take a break.  My mind is fried from tracking that storm and updating family in the path.  I don't know how NWS mets do it all day with all those storms.  Kudos to them for their work today.  

[JTA66]

Over 7” so far. Garage and basement wiped out again (still paying off Isaias damage).

 I’m out, calling we-buy-any-house-.com tomorrow. Been wanting to move to a more snowy climate. I’m taking this as a sign from God it’s time to get my butt in gear! 

[Hurricane Agnes]

1 minute ago, BBasile said:

I'm still kind of in awe of that tornado.  What a beast.  Have to to take a break.  My mind is fried from tracking that storm and updating family in the path.  I don't know how NWS mets do it all day with all those storms.  Kudos to them for their work today.  

I would think pure adrenaline and love for the job.

I will say - you can't say they didn't "warn" people.  TORs and FFWs have been flying all afternoon and evening and good use of the EAS because that damage looks pretty bad from the tornadoes.  And we haven't even seen the poor people who keep getting flooded out by the creeks they may live near.

[KamuSnow]

Wowza regarding this storm. Pretty much as advertised, overall. Power is back on here, up to 3.7" of rain so far, feels like things are quieting down, although still some more showers in the pipeline.

[BBasile]

1 minute ago, Hurricane Agnes said:

I would think pure adrenaline and love for the job.

I will say - you can't say they didn't "warn" people.  TORs and FFWs have been flying all afternoon and evening and good use of the EAS because that damage looks pretty bad from the tornadoes.  And we haven't even seen the poor people who keep getting flooded out by the creeks they may live near.

 I agree.  Fantastic job by Mt Holly, other local offices, and the SPC.  

[RedSky]

3 minutes ago, JTA66 said:

Over 7” so far. Garage and basement wiped out again (still paying off Isaias damage).

 I’m out, calling we-buy-any-house-.com tomorrow. Been wanting to move to a more snowy climate. I’m taking this as a sign from God it’s time to get my butt in gear! 

Ouch man that's awful. Yeah time to move to a high elevation 100 year floods have become common. 

 

[mattinpa]

1 minute ago, Hurricane Agnes said:

I would think pure adrenaline and love for the job.

I will say - you can't say they didn't "warn" people.  TORs and FFWs have been flying all afternoon and evening and good use of the EAS because that damage looks pretty bad from the tornadoes.  And we haven't even seen the poor people who keep getting flooded out by the creeks they may live near.

Agreed. The rain and tornado threat has been talked about for days. But boy was that one tornado large. I am even wondering if it was an EF-4.

[The Iceman]

Thankfully we've missed a lot of the heaviest rain so no flooding in my area but still up to 2.8" on the day. Areas just 5 -10 miles away though like Fairless Hills are almost double that. 

[KamuSnow]

6 minutes ago, JTA66 said:

Over 7” so far. Garage and basement wiped out again (still paying off Isaias damage).

 I’m out, calling we-buy-any-house-.com tomorrow. Been wanting to move to a more snowy climate. I’m taking this as a sign from God it’s time to get my butt in gear! 

Sorry about the damage...

You thinking New England or where? 

[Hurricane Agnes]

1 minute ago, BBasile said:

 I agree.  Fantastic job by Mt Holly, other local offices, and the SPC.  

And WPC because they were nailing what would be the hardest hit areas.