wxman1952 Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Flood watch for me. Most of the heavy rain is training just to my north. Finally some spring weather to follow until some snow mix for next week comes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 First severe of the season incoming for northern Oakland county Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indystorm Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Looks like some rotation on the cell near Parkersburg. The cell is on the sw edge of an area of much greater helicity so it wouldn't surprise me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indystorm Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 IA may soon light up from sw to ne now that a svr warning has been issued for the sw part of the state. There's a nice left splitting supercell on the storm nw of Waterloo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Doctor Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 IA may soon light up from sw to ne now that a svr warning has been issued for the sw part of the state. There's a nice left splitting supercell on the storm nw of Waterloo. Starting to see little specks on the radar now across Iowa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitelakeroy Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Maybe not. Looks like you're under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning. The strongest winds actually look to be on the southern edge of those storms, judging from the base radar velocity. It was literally just 1-2 miles to my north but it was sure nice to see. You could hear the roar coming in as I had a couple 45-50MPH gusts and I saw 5 streaks of lightning. I only had drizzle but you could see the rain to the north. I had great views of the streaks as they were on the very outside edge of the rain!! Now it is CALM outside. Hoping for more action as the night goes on!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 It was literally just 1-2 miles to my north but it was sure nice to see. You could hear the roar coming in as I had a couple 45-50MPH gusts and I saw 5 streaks of lightning. I only had drizzle but you could see the rain to the north. I had great views of the streaks as they were on the very outside edge of the rain!! Now it is CALM outside. Hoping for more action as the night goes on!!! Looks like dmc76 is getting rocked now (or will be shortly). This makes me so very anxious for severe weather season... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitelakeroy Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Looks like dmc76 is getting rock now (or will be shortly). This makes me so very anxious for severe weather season... Hopefully he is home to enjoy it. The cloud formations were pretty cool too. I out was watching it with neighbor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCNYILWX Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Wow at this report It was definitely a microburst. Don't have any screen caps but radar at ~1025 am showed enhanced inbound velocity on the leading edge of the bowing out feature as the 2 supercells were more or less merging. Then the next 1-2 scans there was a clear microburst signature with diverging inbounds and outbounds. I was getting more concerned about low level rotation when the storm became one larger supercell over Cook and Lake counties. Before the cell moved out over the lake, it was starting to get a hook like appendage and at that point ORD had warmed to the 70s with low 50s dewpoints. Low level shear was about 30kt and 0-1 SRH was about 200 according to the SPC mesoanalysis. Had there been better low level moisture in place, we certainly could've had tornadoes out of these storms. Another interesting thing today is how far off MUCAPE was on the SPC/RAP mesoanalysis when the storms fired. It was showing at most 250 j/kg when a modified aircraft sounding out of RFD had about 2000 j/kg. No wonder we had supercells with that and excellent directional shear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Hopefully he is home to enjoy it. The cloud formations were pretty cool too. I out was watching it with neighbor. From what he's saying, it was to the point where now he has to go outside and shovel the hail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huronicane Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 My sister just shared these damage photos from Lake Orion with me: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitelakeroy Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 From what he's saying, it was to the point where now he has to go outside and shovel the hail. Looking at the DTX report there are lots of reports of hails 1/2"-1". There is a report of it covering the ground ~2 miles north of me. Gust 50-60 MPH. I will admit I am glad I got to watch the lightning and stay away from the damage!!! Don't need it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitelakeroy Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 My sister just shared these damage photos from Lake Orion with me: Yikes that's some nasty damage on the house there!! Power pole has a nice angle there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huronicane Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Yikes that's some nasty damage on the house there!! Power pole has a nice angle there The house (my sister's friend's) is going to need all new siding. She and my brother-in-law were trying to drive back home to Oxford, but with power poles snapped at the bases, tires from a tire store all over the road, and other damage, police had M24 shut down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Best storm i have seen my life... Photos and video coming soon. To busy drinking beer with neighbors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitelakeroy Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Best storm i have seen my life... Photos and video coming soon. To busy drinking beer with neighbors. You might have to update you snow depth there for the night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 You might have to update you snow depth there for the night I have hail piles on my driveway. Ground was completely white! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 I ended up catching the storm at 26 mile and Romeo Plank, ended up with nickel hail and winds of at least 65 mph. By the time I ended up on I-94 there was still hail covering the freeway. Also ended up coming across a huge tree that knocked down some power poles when it fell at 26 and Card. I will post up the video I shot later on tonight, pretty good hail storm though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centriptic Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 I didn't realize how strong the winds got in SE Michigan. I just drove past 5 or 6 broken 6" power poles plus some trees in the vicinity of Romeo Plank between 27 and 28 mile roads in Macomb County. On 26mi, West of North Ave, there appears to be a >24in diameter tree broken in two. I wasn't expecting to see that at all. I didn't a good enough look to see if it was rotted. Unfortunately, It was too dark for pictures. Everything is pitch black around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 I didn't realize how strong the winds got in SE Michigan. I just drove past 5 or 6 broken 6" power poles plus some trees in the vicinity of Romeo Plank between 27 and 28 mile roads in Macomb County. On 26mi, West of North Ave, there appears to be a >24in diameter tree broken in two. I wasn't expecting to see that at all. I didn't a good enough look to see if it was rotted. Unfortunately, It was too dark for pictures. Everything is pitch black around here. It wasn't and it snapped power poles there too when it fell on them. Here is a link to the video I took at 26 and Romeo Plank. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ucuz8qq3eyq6dx2/2014-04-12%2020.14.38.mp4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 IA may soon light up from sw to ne now that a svr warning has been issued for the sw part of the state. There's a nice left splitting supercell on the storm nw of Waterloo. Think I may have got a decent time lapse of that cell splitting. Gonna work on the vid and see if it turns out. Was out around the Waterloo/Cedar Falls area earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 A couple of pictures from my friend's boss in Kent City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Line moving across Iowa still has a few cells dropping 1" diameter hail, but wind may be an increasing issue. There's a nice rotating comma head east of Des Moines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Outflow really outpacing the line from Dubuque down to near Iowa City now. Severe risk looks to be quickly declining over the next hour or two. Best chance for some severe will likely be along and south of I-80 where the storms haven't undercut themselves yet. Could be some big gusts around and just south of Iowa City in the next hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Amazing. Video does not do it justice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Amazing. Video does not do it justice! Yeah man that is about as good as it was where I was in Macomb Township, you look like you might have had bigger hail though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Yeah man that is about as good as it was where I was in Macomb Township, you look like you might have had bigger hail though. It was the coolest 5 mins of my life following storms. I had a smile from ear to ear during this. Just pure awesomeness ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 It was the coolest 5 mins of my life following storms. I had a smile from ear to ear during this. Just pure awesomeness ! Same here, only way this storm would have been better was if it were daytime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Awesome pics. Ive never seen hail like that here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Doctor Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Small little line approaching me has near continuous lightning. Edit: The storm had a little bit of hail and some gusty winds but stayed below severe limits. It was fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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