The heat wave-breaker...Severe weather, Upper Midwest

[CrazyC83]

Lots of watches and warnings and a few tornado warnings in the Upper Midwest right now. This is what it takes to end the heat wave!

[marubozo]

It has been a fantastic show here so far. I'm just north of South Bend, Indiana, and that intense line of storms stretching across mid-Michigan is providing quite a show. We live on the south side of a lake, so we have a clear view to the north and can see the storms about 80-100 miles north.

So far I've seen two sprites above the storms. First time we've had the viewing opportunity for such activity since we've lived here.

Not sure if we're going to get any of the storms tonight or not though. We are blocked by Lake Michigan, so there seems to be a gap in the convection in our direction, but time will tell as the night goes on. Still a very unstable airmass, so anything is possible.

[Cyclenall]

Oh my goodness, Ontario got bashed with intense thunderstorms and a derecho type event. However, it was a cold front not a stationary front so it may have been something else like a squall line.

[marubozo]

This is odd, our county (Cass) has been issued a warning and the storm is still nowhere near us. We're talking a good 40 miles away. You can see some outflow on the radar coming into the county, but otherwise there is no storm near us yet. Apparently though the storms coming are producing 80mph or so winds, guess I have to stay up to see what happens.

But still, I've never seen a warning issued with a storm so far in advance. Typically it is issued when the severe weather is upon us, not 30-45 minutes away, a bit strange

[marubozo]

Well that was pretty awesome. About a 45mph gust just came through with the storm still many miles off. You can see in the radar the gust coming in. It blew our patio furniture around



Impressive considering how far away the storms are from our location (the X).

[Jim Cantore]

I'm waiting for it, bring it on!

[marubozo]

Not bad, have a TVS headed our way... power is flickering now, not sure how long it will last.

[marubozo]

[CrazyC83]

Likely tornado ON MY STREET!!! (Seems to be an F1)

Power was lost here from 5:35 pm yesterday until 10 minutes ago...

[Jim Cantore]

I got a Bow-Echo bearing down on me.

I'll take pictures.

[Jim Cantore]

as you can see, there are plenty of warnings

current radar from the NWS in Mount Holly.


http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=dix&product=N0R&overlay=11101111&loop=no

[Cyclenall]

Likely tornado ON MY STREET!!! (Seems to be an F1)

Power was lost here from 5:35 pm yesterday until 10 minutes ago...

Cool, that doesn't always happen. Did you see the tornado? Take pictures, get radar images, ect.

[CrazyC83]

Likely tornado ON MY STREET!!! (Seems to be an F1)

Power was lost here from 5:35 pm yesterday until 10 minutes ago...

Cool, that doesn't always happen. Did you see the tornado? Take pictures, get radar images, ect.

I never had time to catch the radar images. I did take damage pictures but they are not developed. I was hiding when the tornado hit (taking cover) but others on my street saw it and I saw the damage path.

There was only minor damage to one house, but dozens of trees uprooted or snapped and power lines everywhere. They were also in a circular pattern. Also when I walk 2 blocks inward (I live on a lake) and it came off it), the damage disappears, suggesting it was a tornado and not a gust.

I would estimate the winds were about 80 mph (130 km/h) at that area (less at my house).

[Cyclenall]

You can still catch the radar images at the time by finding a loop of it. I would do this right now because I wouldn't trust someone archiving them.

[CrazyC83]

Where do I find a 27 hour old loop?

[bvigal]

CrazyC83, glad you are OK after that tornado!!

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/archive/
There are 7 days of ridge radar views stored there.

[CrazyC83]

Thanks! I've found that the severe weather extended much farther than first thought too...

[TexasStooge]

You guys are lucky.

Send some of that down here to Texas!