Severe Weather Season 2011/Severe Wx thread

[TWCToday]

It was a lame non event in the mid atlantic yesterday

[Mike M]

It was a lame non event in the mid atlantic yesterday

Yes, we got nothing but occasional rain showers. No thunder, hail, or downpours. 

[Lightning]

It was a lame non event in the mid atlantic yesterday

Yes, we got nothing but occasional rain showers. No thunder, hail, or downpours. 

That's how I feel when there's no lightning or thunder.

[toxictwister00]

It was a lame non event in the mid atlantic yesterday

Yes, we got nothing but occasional rain showers. No thunder, hail, or downpours. 

There wasn't much of lightning and thunder here either, a few bright flashes and a few big rumbles, but in retrospect nothing I think should have warranted a Severe Thunderstorm Warning. I don't recall even seeing any hail either, but there was plenty of heavy rain and strong winds. I can't speak for how the conditions were for the Tornado Warning issued for the SW side of my county toward Hartsfield Int'l Airport.

[Donovan]

It was a lame non event in the mid atlantic yesterday

Yes, we got nothing but occasional rain showers. No thunder, hail, or downpours. 

There wasn't much of lightning and thunder here either, a few bright flashes and a few big rumbles, but in retrospect nothing I think should have warranted a Severe Thunderstorm Warning. I don't recall even seeing any hail either, but there was plenty of heavy rain and strong winds. I can't speak for how the conditions were for the Tornado Warning issued for the SW side of my county toward Hartsfield Int'l Airport.

Strong winds are/is one of the criteria for  a severe T-storm warning. I believe >60MPH. Here we had a few strikes and rumbles, but heavy rain for about an hour. It was was less severe than I would have liked.

[toxictwister00]

It was a lame non event in the mid atlantic yesterday

Yes, we got nothing but occasional rain showers. No thunder, hail, or downpours. 

There wasn't much of lightning and thunder here either, a few bright flashes and a few big rumbles, but in retrospect nothing I think should have warranted a Severe Thunderstorm Warning. I don't recall even seeing any hail either, but there was plenty of heavy rain and strong winds. I can't speak for how the conditions were for the Tornado Warning issued for the SW side of my county toward Hartsfield Int'l Airport.

Strong winds are/is one of the criteria for  a severe T-storm warning. I believe >60MPH. Here we had a few strikes and rumbles, but heavy rain for about an hour. It was was less severe than I would have liked.

I know, but I'm pretty sure it didn't get anywhere near that strong during the duration of the storm. I would say maybe 35-40mph. We were under a Significant Weather Alert, I think it should have been left at that instead of upgraded, but if it is radar detected to be severe they have a valid reason to issue it.

[Lightning]

Strong winds are/is one of the criteria for  a severe T-storm warning. I believe >60MPH. Here we had a few strikes and rumbles, but heavy rain for about an hour. It was was less severe than I would have liked.

Well, of there are strong winds of about 60 mph, but there is no lightning and thunder, then, technically it's not a thunderstorm. This sometimes happens when there is a low CAPE environment. You just call it severe showers, though, I don't think it's meteorologically correct.

[Lightning]

This week has been a deadly one for severe weather. An EF2 tornado claimed one life in Rayne, Louisiana and another EF2 tornado caused considerable damage outside of Mobile, Alabama.

[Mr. Rainman]

It has been pretty wild. 23 tornadoes reported over the last 48 hours.

[Mr. Rainman]

Severe Thunderstorm Watch #52 in effect until 11:00 PM CDT.

[Mr. Rainman]

It looks like its gonna be a very busy day today and tomorrow for severe weather. There is a significant chance of a tornado in Nebraska or Iowa today. An even larger threat exists tomorrow in the East Central area.

[Lightning]

It makes me mad  that the  high pressure is over the southeast and costing me getting to experience these storms. I loathe this kind of weather pattern that we are in with the high pressure keeping the storm track and system well to the north of where I live.  By golly, it better change!!

[Mr. Rainman]

Well, if it makes you happier, there is a chance tomorrow that you will see some thunderstorms. I don't think any will be severe, however.

[Lightning]

Active severe weather in the northern part of my state, Alabama right now with a tornado warning until 9:30 p.m. for Morgan, Limestone and Madison Counties.

[P71nnacle]

NWS is likely to investigate a possible tornado here in Western PA today, near Greensburg, PA in Westmoreland County, about 50 miles from downtown Pittsburgh. The video that's been going around the Internet is this one:

Tornado near Greensburg(Hempfield) PA on March 23rd 2011

. Pretty cool....can't wait until NWS figures out whether or not this was an actual tornado (although one tends to be biased from the funnel-shaped appendage, NWS still has to look at the damage to see if the patterns insist on a tornado rather than micro/macrobursts. Funnel clouds, despite their looks, are NOT tornadoes.)

To add to it, I had my camera ready as I was leaving for work, and snapped some video of decent sized-hail near my house. Video:

Severe March Thunderstorm Dumps Hail In Pittsburgh

Not really big, although the long axis of the stone was probably 3/4" to 1". We didn't get the biggest hail...Pittsburgh reported golf-ball size hail, which is typical of early spring storms.