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Im under a sever thunderstorm warning

Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 3:32 pm
by chadtm80
And boy it is getting nasty... Reports of ping pong size hail and the wind is ripping... Very black out... Ill keep you posted


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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
419 PM EDT SAT MAY 17 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTY
IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 417 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER LAKE HELEN. THE STORM WAS NEARLY
STATIONARY.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MILES AN
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. IF
THE STORM APPROACHES YOU...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR.

LAT...LON 2903 8138 2887 8127 2895 8103 2918 8118

$$

Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 3:35 pm
by ColdFront77
Getting the rain you want and need, Chad. I can see a dark cloud to my east-northeast, where the warning for you is in effect.

I wish it would pick up some speed and move toward the west. :D I am 40 to 45 miles from you, we seem closer.

Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 3:39 pm
by weatherlover427
How bad would you estimate the winds at?

Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 4:01 pm
by Amanzi
Send it this way Chad, well you can keep the hail, just send me the rain!!!! I can hear the thunder from your area and see the big thunderheads in the distance. I lucked out on this one :( moving away from me. Im just going to go and cry in the corner now :cry:

Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 4:02 pm
by Rainband
I saw that too!!! BE SAFE!!! BUD..I hope some of these storms come back towards me later..TOM our chances are really high on Monday especially here on the coast!!! :wink:

Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 4:03 pm
by ColdFront77
That's true, Jonathan, I just read the Sumter County, FL forecast, 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, Monday... 20 to 30 between now and then and else where across central Florida (Marion county, Lake county...eastward)


Here is another Severe Thunderstorm Warning from the Melbourne National Weather Service:

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
453 PM EDT SAT MAY 17 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SEMINOLE COUNTY
IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 451 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER LAKE MARY...MOVING VERY SLOWLY. OTHER
VERY STRONG STORMS WERE LINED UP FROM LAKE JESSUP TO OVIEDO AND
CHULUOTA.

* THESE STORMS MAY ALSO AFFECT THE CITY OF SANFORD.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MILES AN
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. IF
THE STORM APPROACHES YOU...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR.

LAT...LON 2878 8147 2864 8133 2878 8114 2885 8137

$$

CRISTALDI :larrow: :D

Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 5:01 pm
by Rainband
TOM..I just read the hazardous weather outlook it says..Showers and thunderstorms..Monday morning for me..then moving inland in the afternoon!!!! YIPPPEEE!!!! RAIN for my lawn!!! :wink:

Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 5:07 pm
by isobar
How ya doing Chad??
Pretty nasty looking cells in Central FL.

Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 5:08 pm
by Rainband
isobar wrote:How ya doing Chad??
Pretty nasty looking cells in Central FL.
Yeah and TOM is underone too..I think :roll: or just about!!! I hope they build back towards the coast!!! :D

Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 5:09 pm
by chadtm80
Calming down now... Was real nasty didnt get any Hail... Rain still coming now but just slow and steady

Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 5:26 pm
by therock1811
Glad you're all right, Chad.

Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 5:43 pm
by ColdFront77
Heard some thunder, over the border in Lake county... about 3 miles away there was some rain, Severe Thunderstorm Warning for three more minutes for the southern side of Lake County for Groveland and Clermont areas.

Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 6:18 pm
by wx247
How much rain do you think you picked up Chad?

Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 7:18 pm
by furluvcats
Glad it wasn't damaging Chad...

Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 11:24 pm
by ColdFront77
Had a brief shower in the last few minutes. :)

Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 11:33 pm
by chadtm80
Was only about 4 tenths.. :-( not what i was hoping for

Posted: Sun May 18, 2003 9:49 am
by wx247
Just remember... something is better than nothing! :)