Mount Joy Snowman

Incoming here in Harrisburg!

Low of 72 and .2” of rain. Yucky air remains for the week ahead.

I saw that flood warning, and yes, we had rain here for a couple hours this morning. It was a very narrow band that just kind of hovered over our area with a nice soaking rainfall to the tune of a couple tenths. An odd little feature, indeed. Hey, do you recall how I mentioned that our house may have been struck by lightning last week, or at least it hit VERY close? Well, sure enough it fried our garage door opener, so we definitely had some sort of surge run through the house. Turns out the older models like we had didn't have internal GFIs, whereas the newer ones do. Just had ours replaced this morning.

Getting back into the swing of things here after a splendid 4th of July weekend. Low of only 73, as humidity seems to be the name of the game this week. We've actually had some decent showers going here for most of the morning. It will be interesting to see who gets the big rain totals this week.

Low of 65. Heading out around lunch with the fam to visit some friends out towards Pittsburgh, Westmoreland County to be more precise. Should be splendid weather for 4th of July celebrations. Enjoy, everyone!

Low of 70 with .93” of rain. Now we start the pivot towards beautiful weather. Much needed.

Looks like a little under an inch here. Glad to see the southern end of the county take the brunt this time. The place hit hardest was really Perry County, with basically the entire county seeing 2-4”.

I don’t want to jinx it but things seem to be moving through swiftly and collapsing at a good rate. Looking like we may avoid a repeat of last night. About to exit the train in Mount Joy.

Our flash flood guidance is so meager at this point, I just don't see how large swaths of Lancaster County don't have serious issues tonight. Hoping for the best but things could really go south quickly. Chiques Creek is completely swollen as it is.

Man that radar is starting to look juicy again. Atmosphere is just a wet sponge that needs wrung out.

Yes, I'm hoping that's our saving grace today, that the cold front rams things right on through. The lack of steering winds yesterday was a big part of the problem. Still, we can't afford much out our way without big issues arising quickly. I'm in Harrisburg today so maybe I brought the storms with me up this way.

After scanning through my records, I've only had seven other occasions when I registered a single-day total greater than yesterday's 4.07", three of which occurred in the epic month of August 2018. My official total for June is 9.25", good for my wettest June ever and within a half inch of May's 9.7". I now sit at 27.52" for the year. After perusing some sources this morning, I have a bad feeling for what's to come later today. Hope to be wrong.

Low of 70 and 4.07” of rain here. Honestly, I was expecting more but the late night stuff didn’t quite perform the way the earlier stuff did. Still, has to be one of my highest one-day totals on record, will check the spreadsheet later. Not loving the look for later today. We could really use a break over this way.

It’s unreal. Looks like the last of the heavy stuff just went through so hopefully we can get a reprieve and catch some shut eye.

That’s my fear, that tomorrow could offer a repeat. Although it seems like tomorrow’s storms should move through at a faster pace, hopefully. Weather roulette indeed.

Well forget sleeping. The whole house is up again. This is some of the most intense and persistent lightning I’ve ever witnessed. Phone keeps buzzing from NWS sending out warnings on an emergency flash flooding event in progress. Can’t get over how the radar just keeps firing in our direction. Very intense night around these parts. I’ll probably have damn near 6” come morning. Aye.

Saw that. Not great. Looks like a little over 3” for me thus far as I head to bed. More likely overnight. Official tally in the morning. Finally got the kids and dogs settled. Night, all.

Starting to get concerned with all this back-building right over my area. New flash flood warning issued.

I’m at a similar amount, probably closing in on 1.5”. Tropical in nature. Manheim area again taking it on the chin today with big totals.

These storms are relentless. Just keep reforming.

Lightning struck right on top of our house, may have damn near hit it. Terrifying. We lost cable and internet but have power. Some other things acting funny. Neighbors confirmed they think it hit right in our back yard. Kids were scared but we are fine. Atmosphere was angry today.

A couple brief downpours here over the past couple of hours helped to temporarily knock back the heat.

Low of 71 here. Shaping up to be a glorious 4th of July weekend.

Back home from camping. Low of 69 with 1.3” of rain. Perfect summer day on tap today, great for pools or boats.

We just talked to some people who were trying to tent right by the creek and they have four inches of water inside their tent with all their clothes soaked. They fled to their car for a while and are now deciding to abandon ship. Grateful to be in a camper.