Okay, I'm impressed
Aug. 17th, 2007 11:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gerisullivanThe weather has been remarkably pleasant for the last couple of days. I heard of heavy rain and a tornado warning down in New Jersey on Friday afternoon, but it seemed unlikely that harsh weather would hit here.
As I was finishing my desk-cleaning post, an exceptionally strong wind came roaring down my driveway. The Zeppelin Hangar is protected, down in a hollow. The wind doesn't roar much around here. I don't remember hearing anything like this before. Very sudden, very strong.
I closed my office window and walked quickly to the back deck where I'd left the patio furniture uncovered this week. The wind was still roaring, carrying lots of leaves and debris in its fury. It's a good thing the vinyl cover was near at hand -- right behind the wind was rain.
Back inside, I checked the weather forecast. The "partly cloudy" pictures were topped by a
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1129 PM EDT FRI AUG 17 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN HAMPDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
* AT 1127 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM WARE TO PALMER TO 7 MILES WEST OF STAFFORD...OR
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AMHERST TO 13
MILES EAST OF SPRINGFIELD TO 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD...
AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
Here's the part that really impressed me:
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
WARREN...BRIMFIELD AND STAFFORD BY 1135 PM EDT...
WEST BROOKFIELD AND WALES BY 1140 PM EDT...
The wind came through right about 11:30; it was raining by the time I saw the warning at 11:41. Doppler radar certainly nailed that one! The storm line has got to be interesting -- Brimfield is north of Wales; Stafford is directly south.
Back to the desk cleaning for real now.
As I was finishing my desk-cleaning post, an exceptionally strong wind came roaring down my driveway. The Zeppelin Hangar is protected, down in a hollow. The wind doesn't roar much around here. I don't remember hearing anything like this before. Very sudden, very strong.
I closed my office window and walked quickly to the back deck where I'd left the patio furniture uncovered this week. The wind was still roaring, carrying lots of leaves and debris in its fury. It's a good thing the vinyl cover was near at hand -- right behind the wind was rain.
Back inside, I checked the weather forecast. The "partly cloudy" pictures were topped by a
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1129 PM EDT FRI AUG 17 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN HAMPDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
* AT 1127 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM WARE TO PALMER TO 7 MILES WEST OF STAFFORD...OR
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AMHERST TO 13
MILES EAST OF SPRINGFIELD TO 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD...
AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
Here's the part that really impressed me:
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
WARREN...BRIMFIELD AND STAFFORD BY 1135 PM EDT...
WEST BROOKFIELD AND WALES BY 1140 PM EDT...
The wind came through right about 11:30; it was raining by the time I saw the warning at 11:41. Doppler radar certainly nailed that one! The storm line has got to be interesting -- Brimfield is north of Wales; Stafford is directly south.
Back to the desk cleaning for real now.
