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MAN! I just got CRUSHED!

#1 Postby Scott_inVA » Thu Aug 28, 2003 7:52 pm

Holy $hit.

Amazing SVR just rolled over here (2nd of the day).
Our Boltek detector recorded 862 strikes/min at one point.

Had an extremely close CG strike (~200 yards away). Tremendous static discharge locked our wx station before losing power.

PC went to UPS; check out our METAR from when we took the hit:


2003/08/29 00:08
KVALEXIN 290008Z 00196KT 21/19 A3008 P0074 OVC +TSGR


196 knot wind was actually 26MPH but sufficient discharge got into the shielded cable to surge it off the chart.

The +TSGR is heavy rain, thunderstorm, hail...all correct.

I hate sitting on a PC when the wx is like that but the 'puter must like it less. :o

Scott
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#2 Postby weatherlover427 » Thu Aug 28, 2003 8:21 pm

Yikes! :o Hopefully your PC didn't get fried. That would blow seing as how you run a radio station. :(
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#3 Postby Colin » Thu Aug 28, 2003 8:51 pm

EEK....what a storm!! :o Hope a warning was out for that!!
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#4 Postby David » Thu Aug 28, 2003 9:44 pm

Wow, thats a big storm. Wish I had that, except the lightning that close. :?
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Re: MAN! I just got CRUSHED!

#5 Postby Scott_inVA » Thu Aug 28, 2003 10:59 pm

check this out....

This was #2 storm (of 3) today. Behind the house, about 25 minutes before I got popped:

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crazy night.

Scott

FIRST...AND ONLY...DECENT LIGHTNING PICTURE ON A SONY DIGITAL 8-)
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#6 Postby Stormsfury » Thu Aug 28, 2003 11:19 pm

YIKES!

Reminds me of the Sunday storm here, with the first hailstones recorded here in 2 years and not to mention the 30 kt wind gusts and the CG strikes. Ouch...45 CG strikes from the cell every 60 seconds for 20 minutes. Can we say excessive?

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#7 Postby JCT777 » Fri Aug 29, 2003 7:06 am

Wow, incredible picture Scott! I hope there was no damage near you.
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#8 Postby polar low UK » Fri Aug 29, 2003 8:11 am

Amazing picture.
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#9 Postby isobar » Fri Aug 29, 2003 10:28 am

Wow - that's incredible Scott!! It's amazing how something so beautiful can be so destructive.
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