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159 kA bolt just 2 miles SE of here. Shook the whole damn house. was looking out the window and almost got BLINDED by it.

Spending the week in Almond, SW of Bryson City. Multiple heavy rain showers this evening. Very dark at various times in the midst of those storms. Looking forward to lower temps and humidity the next couple of days. Saw we got significant rain this evening back home in Hickory, too.

Inch of welcome rain. T&L, not too much wind.

Lost power here for ten mins or so with that last hit from the storms. Pretty impressive with the windswept heavy rain and tons of lightning. Looks like we will finish up with 2.57" here. Incredible.

Still only 0.03" so far here today. I see on radar there's a skinny line of downpours in Somerset County that's heading in this direction, so hopefully some heavy rain shortly.

How did you fare? I was right in between the couplets, but the one that was there right before it split into two basically went over our house.

I thought I was headed for a dead ratter, but a cluster of thundershowers popped up overhead and I lucked into 0.65

I am sure this topic has been discussed a lot over the years, but I guess I am too lazy or unskilled to find out where. However, my son and I were discussing the whole premise behind issued "Tornado Warnings". My old fogey feelings are that the "tornado warning" label issued by LWX, at least in the Mid Atlantic area gets way overused based on the actual number of genuine tornadoes that are produced and touch the ground. I don't have the actual percentages for how many times a "Tornado Warning" actually produces a genuine twister that hit the ground, but my gut says the percentage would be rather low. On the other hand, my son feels it is completely a good idea to put out "Tornado Warning" whenever a cell shows the the earmarks on radar, wind direction, hook indication, etc...He takes the side of it is for the safety of the people and if they are warned, then they can prepare. My son also has a better appreciation of all of the technical tools that are utilized in making the decision to warn a storm, than I do. I totally get that as well. I just feel like the number of times I have run into the basement over the years to flee a "tornado warned storm" to end up with nothing more than a gusty storm and rain is overkill. In fact none of the tornado warned cells has ever produced a tornado where I live. The only time I remember going into the basement for the power of a storm that was indeed a worthwhile decision was for the derecho. And I believe they were straight line down draft winds and not tornados. But the sound of branches and limbs falling was enough for me to round up the family to go to the basement. So, am I an old fogey who wants to have visuals of a sighted tornado to flee to the basement? Or should I go with my son, trust the technologies and respond appropriately every time a tornado warning is issued for my area. Are they issued too frequently? and if so, why? what specific parameters are being used to make the go ahead in warning a storm? I am curious how many of you feel we get too many issued tornado warnings for the amount of actual tornados that touch down? Thanks for sharing your thoughts, opinions, and rationales. Maybe I can be persuaded to think differently. Gopper Towson

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Vienna got completely skipped by the storms - just one gust of chilly wind and one peal of thunder. Looks like upper NW DC caught the worst of it though.

1.5” so far - heavy rain

1 inch on the day

Storms firing off in CNJ are aimed at the city.

1.78” and counting. Approaching 7” for the month.

0.11" so far.

Central and Western PA were upgraded earlier this summer. At one point there were over six tornado warnings going in a severe thunderstorm watch.

Northwest Warren County and southwest Sussex County look to be getting drenched per latest radar.

Has anyone in the league been worse compared to expectation than Gunnar Henderson? It's got to be he and Cal Raleigh as the most underperforming bats in the game currently. Just abysmal in every single way at this point. Dude is hitting .219 right now and OPS is sub-700. Just awful

The back edge in NW NJ looks impressive too.

Just staying on top of us. Up to 1.20" so far. Getting power surges every so often now.

I guess I shouldn’t have shut off the sprinklers

Dumping rain. Maybe Raleigh breaks the all time July record

Just hit 2" on the day. That dropped an inch in like 25 min.

Looks like more scattered stuff developing to the NW. Hearing continuous thunder. 1.82" for the day as of now