My favorite satellite GOES-19 is down so I can’t track the wildfire smoke from my third desktop monitor inside my Northern New Jersey gated community, so I’m blacked out, face down in the driveway. My wife is crying, begging me to come inside and sing Happy Birthday to my son. “Just please reverse the Subaru Crosstrek” I whisper into the concrete.
A Public Information Statement was updated sharing the details of the 6 confirmed tornadoes from the June 14th event, including the two Butler County tornadoes noted below.
You can read the full survey details here: https://t.co/3lzj25JIF4
@NWSPittsburgh tree damage in beaver falls near the intersection of clayton road and chippewa drive (from my mother). this is from the tornado warned circulation earlier, she swears it was a tornado but take that with a grain of salt
@NWSPittsburgh no photo:( it blew up right next to me in a big blue flash and then all the street lights went out. here is a nearby photo to that of a very large snapped branch on corner of chesnut and 5th
Targeting the zone where the sharper NW-SE dryline intersects with the diffuse N-S dryline. Satellite trends indicate the really dry mid-level air will likely stay west, alleviating concerns from last night about ability to sustain deep convection in a favorable parameter space.
Be careful, Gays! Hail approaching.
Paradise will be impacted too.
This is along the I-57 corridor in central Illinois. Some of the hail could be larger than quarters.
History made at Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) with a 66 mph wind gust!
It's officially the 4th strongest wind gust on record that wasn't caused by a thunderstorm. For comparison, the top gust ever was 83 mph (July 10, 1992) from a thunderstorm.
Here's a link to the higher wind gust speeds that have been reported so far - the image is just part of the list. Send along any reports of wind damage that you have observed! https://t.co/AMn6wzPXWd
BREAKING: The National Hurricane Center has upgraded Hurricane Melissa’s peak sustained winds to 190 MPH in post-season analysis.
This now makes her the STRONGEST Atlantic Hurricane in all of recorded history, tied with Hurricane Allen (1980).
Unbelievable.