tombo82685 Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Post your obs here, could be some small hail reports and gusty winds with a potential convective line of showers and some storms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mshaffer526 Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Per a friend, it's snowing out on top of Cresson Mtn. west of Altoona this morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsley Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Winds rippin good ahead of the front here. Gusts 30-35 mph. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mshaffer526 Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Heavier showers moving in, have had a couple long rumbles of thunder in the last few minutes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchg Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 More reports welcome! thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo82685 Posted April 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Gusted to about 40 at the course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boch23 Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Per NWS Warning. 71mph gust recorded at the airport. Guess I should have went out to my car for this one. Edit: sun is back out [emoji41] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchg Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 The 71 mph at PHL is legit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stemwinder Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Impressive action is blowing through Princeton/W Windsor right now. Mostly wind, a couple of CG strokes. Radar shows it weakening as it moves through central NJ, as usual. Looks as though it has already passed through. Sky is lightening already. Looks like Philly area got the most of it. ED - Radar shows it reforming as it moves east toward the shore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel_kurtz Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 In addition to the 71 mph at PHL 62 mph at PNE 55 mph at ABE 52 mph at TTN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo82685 Posted April 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 That's darn impressive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel_kurtz Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 the 71 mph gust at PHL would tie the 4th highest wind gust on record at Philadelphia: 1. 94 mph - 10/15/1954, Hazel 2. 88 mph - 7/14/1931 3. 75 mph - 6/24/2010, some Delco folks may remember that one...... 4. 71 mph - 6/1/1998, F2 tornado that morning in the Byberry Industrial Park in far NE Philly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo82685 Posted April 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Will never forget that storm in 2010. Even though I missed the actual storm the aftermath was insane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronCat Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Will never forget that storm in 2010. Was that the derecho that decimated S. Jersey? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchg Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Was that the derecho that decimated S. Jersey? Nope, that was 2012. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSchwake28 Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Will never forget that storm in 2010. Even though I missed the actual storm the aftermath was insane That was without a doubt the most impressive storm I've experienced first hand. I remember running to my car leaving work as the first winds began picking up. As I was leaving the parking lot an incredible gust knocked down several trees just behind me. Then began the torrential rain and the largest hail I've seen in person (I think close to golf ball from what I remember).. I actually became concerned for the first time in my life due to weather and pulled under a gas station to avoid the hail - my car had about 100 small dents at that point already. As it pulled away and I continued home it was like driving through the aftermath of a small tornado, trees and large branches down everywhere you looked. Several northwest facing siding looked like it had been shot with a machine gun due to the wind blown hail. Fun stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo82685 Posted April 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 That was without a doubt the most impressive storm I've experienced first hand. I remember running to my car leaving work as the first winds began picking up. As I was leaving the parking lot an incredible gust knocked down several trees just behind me. Then began the torrential rain and the largest hail I've seen in person (I think close to golf ball from what I remember).. I actually became concerned for the first time in my life due to weather and pulled under a gas station to avoid the hail - my car had about 100 small dents at that point already. As it pulled away and I continued home it was like driving through the aftermath of a small tornado, trees and large branches down everywhere you looked. Several northwest facing siding looked like it had been shot with a machine gun due to the wind blown hail. Fun stuff! Yea I remember driving home from work to drexel hill and it took like triple the time because of all the roads closed. I think the phils were playing that day too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainshadow Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Yea I remember driving home from work to drexel hill and it took like triple the time because of all the roads closed. I think the phils were playing that day too Was that the day, the tarp was blowing all over the place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo82685 Posted April 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Was that the day, the tarp was blowing all over the place? yea, they put a john deere cart on it and the tarp drug the vehicle with it. Also through some of the grounds crew around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo82685 Posted April 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 I saw mt holly's skew t soundings on facebook today, but can someone explain the inverted v sounding how that lead to these winds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainshadow Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 yea, they put a john deere cart on it and the tarp drug the vehicle with it. Also through some of the grounds crew around. I remember seeing the scoreboard sign about the severe warning. A severe thunderstorm knocked down numerous trees in the southern half of Philadelphia. There were 184 calls of downed trees with the Southwest Philadelphia and Cobbs Creek areas hit the hardest. A few streets were blocked by downed trees. Downed trees also blocked some of the lanes on the Schuylkill Expressway. Part of the roof was torn from the New Light Beulah Baptist Church on Bainbridge Street and crushed two vehicles. Downed trees crushed a fence at Saint John Neumann Place in South Philadelphia. The awning of a banquet hall on West Oxford Street collapsed. The severe thunderstorm also lifted the tarp at Citizen Bank Baseball Park into the air. Trolley Wires were knocked down in the University City area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainshadow Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 More on the 24th: Severe thunderstorms caused considerable tree damage and two injuries during the afternoon of the 24th across southeastern Pennsylvania. PECO Energy reported about 215,000 customers lost power, the 11th worst outage in company history. Chester and Delaware Counties were hit the hardest. as of 1201 a.m. EDT on the 25th, 190,000 customers were without power. That number dropped to 152,000 at Noon EDT on the 25th and 75,000 at 11 p.m. EDT on the 25th. Power was not fully restored until the 28th. The utility had to replace 140 poles, 140 pole top transformers, 900 pole cross arms and twenty miles of electrical cable. Regional rail lines were affected as downed trees blocked some routes. SEPTA delayed or suspended train service south of Philadelphia. All train service was not fully restored until the evening of the 25th. Downed trees also blocked lanes of the Schuylkill Expressway in Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Chester County. Philadelphia International's 75 mph wind gust was the third highest on record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSchwake28 Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 If I'm not mistaken it was pretty hot that day providing a lot of instability.. Mid-upper 90s hot. And then my home thermometer was in the upper 50s when I got home with all the hail on the ground 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainshadow Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 I saw mt holly's skew t soundings on facebook today, but can someone explain the inverted v sounding how that lead to these winds? Evaporational cooling makes the air denser and colder and accelerates it faster to the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel_kurtz Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 https://youtu.be/JHRZqt28dB0 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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