DUers- Weather alert -severe thunderstorms from Ohio through Pennsylvania & to New England

[malaise]

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2161
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A dangerous outbreak of organized severe thunderstorms with strong, damaging winds is expected this afternoon from Ohio eastwards through Pennsylvania and into New England, says NOAA's Storm Prediction Center (SPC). They have put the region, which includes Columbus, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and New York City, in their "Moderate Risk" area for severe weather, just one notch below the highest level of alert. Much of the region is also under advisories for extreme heat, with temperatures in the upper 90s expected. This extreme heat will help energize the thunderstorms by making the atmosphere very unstable. A cold front passing through the region will trigger the severe weather episode beginning around 2 pm EDT this afternoon, near the Indiana/Ohio border. This front already triggered a round of severe thunderstorms early this morning across Michigan, which knocked out power to 16,000 customers. This afternoon, severe thunderstorms may organize into a complex that features a bow-shaped echo. If such a complex brings violent straight-line winds in excess of 58 mph (93 km/hr) over a swath of at least 240 miles (about 400 km), it will be called a derecho (from the Spanish phrase for "straight ahead".) The atmosphere is not as unstable as was the case for the June 29 - 30 Mid-Atlantic and Midwest derecho, however. That storm was one of the most destructive and deadly fast-moving severe thunderstorm complexes in North American history. It killed 22 people, knocked out power to at least 3.7 million customers, and did hundreds of millions in damage.

[soccer1]

1. Yes.....

keeping my eye on the weather in northeast PA.

[rocktivity]

2. From Weather.com -- the next 12 hours

rocktivity

[catbyte]

3. We can't catch a break in Grand Rapids, MI

to end our drought. We had huge, soaking rains 50 miles north and 50 miles south last night, and we got just enough to settle the dust and not one rumble of thunder. I get edgy in hot, dry weather, so I HATE this summer.

Everybody in the path stay safe.



Diane
Anishinaabe in MI & mom to Taz, Nigel, and new baby brother Sammy, members of Dogs Against Romney, Cat Division
"Dogs Aren’t Luggage--HISS!”

[Dash87]

4. Yeah, we're going to get nailed

The sun's almost out now, which means more instability when it hits.

[HappyMe]

5. Yup, it's heading this way.

They are telling people as soon as the sky looks nasty, head for cover.

[malaise]

6. How are you doing?

Check in folks

[fascisthunter]

7. Do any of you suppose the climate change denialists will change their minds?

Or were they always just fucking two-bit trolls selling us all out?

[malaise]

8. They know the truth

but they won't admit it unless they're making money off of it.

[fascisthunter]

9. Can we round them up and ship them to Somalia?

Of course not... because we actually have morals.

[malaise]

10. No leave them to Darwin

No government assistance for 'morans'

[fascisthunter]

11. good, I get to stomp on em', politically

[malaise]

12. Very good

[MrMickeysMom]

13. Thanks...

Pretty "cell" looking clouds and lots of bands of rain... drowning the tomatoes and worrisome for this kind of stuff.

Will take care.

[bigwillq]

14. It was pretty bad in CT

but they predicted it would be worse.

Some power outages, some trees and branches down in my area.

I was driving home from work during the peak of it and it was pretty bad.

Didn't time my leave from work right! LOL Thought I had enough time to get home.

[UnrepentantLiberal]

15. Not much in Jersey City.

Just your run of the mill thunderstorm.