First Thunderstorms of the season

Category 5 · #1 Postby **Category 5** » Tue May 01, 2007 9:22 pm

One at 8:40, another at 10:15. Both lasted less then 10 minutes.

The first had a distant, but fantastic lightning show, multiple cloud to ground bolts at the same time.

#2 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Tue May 01, 2007 9:31 pm

do you have popcorn storms like us in the south?

Category 5 · #3 Postby **Category 5** » Tue May 01, 2007 9:37 pm

Every once in a while, we had one pop out of thin air last summer, started as a sprinkle just west of philly, by the time it got to me, it had warnings up for it, I got pics somewhere.

Category 5 · #4 Postby **Category 5** » Tue May 01, 2007 9:43 pm

here we go

That wasn't the only storm I was hit by that night, another one hit at 10:30pm.

#5 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Tue May 01, 2007 9:46 pm

That didnt exactly come out of nowhere. That was over a timespan of an hour. Also, there was a cell in the area of the first frame.

Category 5 · #6 Postby **Category 5** » Tue May 01, 2007 9:48 pm

fact789 wrote:That didnt exactly come out of nowhere. That was over a timespan of an hour. Also, there was a cell in the area of the first frame.

The first one formed the same way. That day was quite favorable, they were popping up all over the place, and late into the night.

But rarely do they literally come out of nowhere, usually they form like those.

#7 Postby **angelwing** » Tue May 01, 2007 9:52 pm

Hubby emailed me earlier saying that it was booming (around 10:15PM)I'm in work, no windows and can't hear anything outside, hate missing a good storm

Category 5 · #8 Postby **Category 5** » Tue May 01, 2007 9:54 pm

angelwing wrote:Hubby emailed me earlier saying that it was booming (around 10:15PM)I'm in work, no windows and can't hear anything outside, hate missing a good storm

It's nothing big, just the occasional flash and rumble.

#9 Postby **angelwing** » Tue May 01, 2007 10:37 pm

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1120 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2007
HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-
MERCER-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...
NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...TRENTON...MOORESTOWN...
MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...LONG BEACH ISLAND...
WHARTON STATE FOREST...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...
NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN
1120 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2007

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS GENERATING HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN
SIZE AND DANGEROUS AND SOMETIMES FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND THAT PART OF
NEW JERSEY GENERALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 AND NEAR AND NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 195 THROUGH 130 AM EDT. THE STORMS ALSO WILL GENERATE
BRIEF BUT HEAVY DOWNPOURS THAT MAY CAUSE SOME POOR-DRAINAGE
FLOODING.

Janie2006 · #10 Postby **Janie2006** » Wed May 02, 2007 5:05 pm

Its almost "popcorn t-storm" season in the South. I noticed the clouds building this morning and thought we might get a shower or two, despite the rain-free forecast. We got one.

#11 Postby **feederband** » Wed May 02, 2007 5:11 pm

Popcorn Thunderstorms sure would be nice....

Give me a r R!!!!!
Give me a a A!!!!
Give me a i I!!!!

heh never mind there isn't a cloud in the sky.......................... :grr:

#12 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Wed May 02, 2007 5:44 pm

Ive seen the seabreeze fronts in cloud form float over in the last couple weeks just about 2-3X a week. Thinking about the rain.

Patrick99 · #13 Postby **Patrick99** » Thu May 03, 2007 11:58 am

Looked to be trying to rain yesterday, but just couldn't manage it. Saw building thunderheads and grey skies one hour, checked one hour later, they were gone and no rain had fallen.

First Thunderstorms of the season

First Thunderstorms of the season

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