Got hammered between 6:30-6:50 (EDT) this morning. Caught 0.53" in that timeframe, with pea sized hail and some great lightning. The hardest I've seen it rain in a long time. Nice way to wake up on a Saturday morning.
It wasn't your imagination. https://www.msn.com/en-us/general/general/the-u-s-just-had-its-windiest-start-to-spring-in-nearly-50-years/ar-AA1CvYrA?utm_source=GetKim.com
With over 2 1/2" (over an inch and a half in the past 24 hrs.) of rain here in the past week and another 2-3" forecast for Friday-Sunday, we won't have to worry about drought for awhile. I may not get into my garden until May if this keeps up.
At least it's not going to be like the Ohio River valley. They might need boats to travel.
I was on NWSChat when that happened. IWX said that it wasn't lining up with velocity/reflectivity scans and speculated that it might have been a microburst.
I spent a lot of time outside today.
“Give a man a shovel and he’ll clear the sidewalk. Give a man a snowblower and he’ll clear the neighborhood.” - My Wife
Nope, only GRR with a WWA. I don't know what IWX is waiting on. Maybe waiting to coordinate with LOT? There definitely should be a Watch out for heavy snow in the NW CWA and maybe a WWA for a mixed bag in the SE.