When I wrote yesterday’s post I mentioned the lightning and thunder that was around us. Well, shortly after posting that statement our weather radio started an almost non-stop series of “Severe Thunderstorm Warnings” for our area and much of the surrounding area.
The graphic posted here is a screen capture off a weather radar app on my iPad – Yes, there is an app for that. The purplish-blue “boxes” each denote n active Severe Thunderstorm Warning area. As you can see there was quite a line of storms. We were fortunate to only get rain (gauge said 1/2″), wind, lots of cloud-to-ground lightning and the resulting thunder, but no hail. Many around us were not so lucky and hail golf ball size and larger was reported.
So much for our “quiet” Saturday afternoon! Thank goodness there no tornados spawned from these storms.
THAT IS A SERIES OF BAD STORMS FOR SURE . ONLY HALF INCH OF RAIN .APRIL IS GENERALLY OUR SEVERE STORM MONTH BUT THIS YEAR IT CAME IN MARCH AND NOW WE ARE FOUR INCHES SHORT IN RAINFALL. TODAY WE GOT A GOOD RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON AND THAT WAS VERY MUCH NEEDED BY MY GARDEN ….