Storms firing again in FL..even at 10pm
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Storms firing again in FL..even at 10pm
Very strong storms between Sarasota and Sebring...building even at this late hour.
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Pretty rough down here a well..
Vicious storm aids fires, causes electrical havoc
By ANDI ATWATER, aatwater@news-press.com
Published by news-press.com on July 12, 2004
A particularly ferocious storm blew through Lee County early Sunday evening, quenching any last remnants of the weekend’s brush fires but wreaking havoc with electricity.
Winds gusted up to 50 mph while clouds dumped about 2 inches of rain as an upper-level low from the east collided with hot air in Lee County, meteorologists said.RELATED INFORMATION
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“It first pushed over from the east coast, but it was real hot over on our side and these showers exploded out of that,” said Ryan Sharp, a forecaster with the National Weather Service in Ruskin.
By 6:30 p.m., the calls started rolling in: a small tornado touched down in Lehigh Acres and damaged the roof of a truck business on Lee Boulevard.
A transformer caught fire behind Burlington Coat Factory.
Tree fires threatened homeowners in Fort Myers Beach and Cape Coral before the rain or firefighters doused them.
Three weeks ago, one of Martha Linder’s two trees was struck by lightning and she had to cut it down. Sunday night, the Fort Myers Beach homeowner saw her remaining tree burst into flames after lightning hit.
“I think I’m cursed or something,” laughed Linder, 82, who lives on Bayview Boulevard. “I guess I’ll put in some bushes.”
Meteorologists said roughly 3,500 lightning strikes hammered Lee County between 5 and 7 p.m. An average thunderstorm might produce about 500 strikes.
Stop lights sputtered out at Daniels Parkway and U.S. 41 and at Hancock Bridge Parkway and U.S. 41, causing deputies in foul-weather gear to direct traffic.
Minor traffic accidents sprang up throughout the county, emergency dispatchers said.
One emergency caller reported a boater in an 18-foot open boat stranded on the Caloosahatchee and waving a red flare. He drifted ashore.
Power lines were reported down all over the place, including Bonita Springs, Cape Coral and North Fort Myers.
Florida Power & Light said about 5,900 customers in Lee County lost power for up to five hours, mostly due to power lines down and transformer fires.
Representatives with the Lee County Electric Cooperative could not be reached.
Forecasters say to expect a 50 percent chance of rain today, but without the intensity of Sunday’s storms.
“It won’t be nearly as active,” Sharp said.
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Vicious storm aids fires, causes electrical havoc
By ANDI ATWATER, aatwater@news-press.com
Published by news-press.com on July 12, 2004
A particularly ferocious storm blew through Lee County early Sunday evening, quenching any last remnants of the weekend’s brush fires but wreaking havoc with electricity.
Winds gusted up to 50 mph while clouds dumped about 2 inches of rain as an upper-level low from the east collided with hot air in Lee County, meteorologists said.RELATED INFORMATION
Local forecast, radar, satellite
“It first pushed over from the east coast, but it was real hot over on our side and these showers exploded out of that,” said Ryan Sharp, a forecaster with the National Weather Service in Ruskin.
By 6:30 p.m., the calls started rolling in: a small tornado touched down in Lehigh Acres and damaged the roof of a truck business on Lee Boulevard.
A transformer caught fire behind Burlington Coat Factory.
Tree fires threatened homeowners in Fort Myers Beach and Cape Coral before the rain or firefighters doused them.
Three weeks ago, one of Martha Linder’s two trees was struck by lightning and she had to cut it down. Sunday night, the Fort Myers Beach homeowner saw her remaining tree burst into flames after lightning hit.
“I think I’m cursed or something,” laughed Linder, 82, who lives on Bayview Boulevard. “I guess I’ll put in some bushes.”
Meteorologists said roughly 3,500 lightning strikes hammered Lee County between 5 and 7 p.m. An average thunderstorm might produce about 500 strikes.
Stop lights sputtered out at Daniels Parkway and U.S. 41 and at Hancock Bridge Parkway and U.S. 41, causing deputies in foul-weather gear to direct traffic.
Minor traffic accidents sprang up throughout the county, emergency dispatchers said.
One emergency caller reported a boater in an 18-foot open boat stranded on the Caloosahatchee and waving a red flare. He drifted ashore.
Power lines were reported down all over the place, including Bonita Springs, Cape Coral and North Fort Myers.
Florida Power & Light said about 5,900 customers in Lee County lost power for up to five hours, mostly due to power lines down and transformer fires.
Representatives with the Lee County Electric Cooperative could not be reached.
Forecasters say to expect a 50 percent chance of rain today, but without the intensity of Sunday’s storms.
“It won’t be nearly as active,” Sharp said.
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