tomboudreau wrote:Getting seriously black here now. Winds have been gusting to over 35 miles per hour already. The generator at the office has already kicked on as we lost power briefly. Not sure if its still on or not. To my west, its black, but the sun is still shining outside. Its just a matter of time now.
Large synoptic-scale wind event will precede, and follow the line of thunderstorms moving thru the Allegheny county area attm. The strongest of your winds should occur in the next 5 to 10 minutes (as of 120pm ET) and will probably be very short-lived but capable of knocking down trees and powerlines, which has already happened. The SPC has a large portion of NY/PA area under a 5% tornado risk, which is quite high for this time of year. Here in SW Conn I'm expecting those strong winds to really ramp up later in the day with the possibility of some severe weather come evening. Stay safe.
The damage looks horrible. My thoughts go out to Donna...praying she is ok and her home spared! Also weatherfreak and everyone else affected. So much devastation lately...it's really unbearable to see the footage and hear about the deaths. There really aren't words...