Torrential Downpour Video [Part 3]

The third and last video of the torrential downpour that prompted a Flash Flood Warning. Not that the dumpster is now floating and has been displaced.

Torrential Downpour Video [Part 2]

Here is part two of the torrential downpour that prompted a Flash Flood Warning yesterday.

Torrential Downpour Video [Part 1]

Here is part one of the edited video from the thunderstorms that produced heavy rain and prompted a Flash Flood Warning for Franklin County.



Part two will be up later on.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning For Delaware County

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT.

* AT 731 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WINDS
TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LEWIS CENTER...MOVING EAST
AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUNBURY...

IN ADDITION...LEWIS CENTER...ALUM CREEK STATE PARK...INTERSTATE 71 AT
US ROUTE 36/STATE ROUTE 37...CENTER VILLAGE AND GALENA ARE NEAR THE
PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning For Northeastern Delaware And Northern Union Counties

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO...
NORTHERN UNION COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT.

* AT 603 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WINDS
TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SOMERSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT
20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RICHWOOD...

IN ADDITION...SOMERSVILLE...PHARISBURG...ESSEX...MAGNETIC SPRINGS...
STATE ROUTE 229 AT US ROUTE 23...DELAWARE STATE PARK AND RADNOR ARE
NEAR THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning For Northwest Union And SouthEastern Hardin Counties

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO...
SOUTHEASTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT.

* AT 522 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WINDS
TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BYHALIA...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN UNION AND SOUTHEASTERN HARDIN COUNTIES...INCLUDING
ESSEX.

Flash Flood Warning For Southern Franklin County

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT.

* AT 342 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD
FALLEN FROM NEAR GROVE CITY TO AROUND WHITEHALL SINCE 1 PM.

* HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WITH ANOTHER
1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH 530 PM EDT. RUNOFF FROM THIS
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...BEXLEY...
COLUMBUS...GAHANNA...GROVE CITY...REYNOLDSBURG AND GROVEPORT.



I wouldn't doubt that there is localized flooding occurring right now. I was out filming earlier and there's been very few breaks in between torrential down pours. While I didn't see any major flooding while I was out driving just a few minutes ago, the sides of the roads were so entrenched in water that they were very hard to drive through. Expect video later.

Tropical Storm Danny

It looks like this storm could potentially impact the north-east coastline. If it does, it will be no stronger than a category 1 and will likely be moving pretty darn fast.

Another NASA Shuttle Launch Scrubbed By Weather

"This launch attempt has been scrubbed due to weather. Conditions just did not improve with enough time to continue the countdown. The launch team is setting up for a 24-hour scrub turnaround.

"Well, C.J., the vehicle and operations were cooperating, but weather unfortunately did not," Launch Director Pete Nickolenko told Discovery Commander Rick "C.J." Sturckow.

Launch is scheduled for 1:10 a.m. Wednesday."

Check out NASA's STS-128 Launch Blog for more details and updates.

More Tornado Warnings

I was woken up again today by the sound of my weather radio screaming at me. Again there were tornado warnings for neighboring counties, this time to the south. This is what the radar looked like earlier.



Not much happening here otherwise. It looks like a storm may have came through while I was asleep. Our back patio is littered with tree leaves and branches. I can't be sure as of yet. It could have just been windy, and then rained.

Flash Flood Warning For Marion And Morrow

A Flash Flood Warning has been issued for Marion and Morrow Counties until 2AM EDT.



It looks like a few small cells have popped up in Franklin County and I'm debating on whether they're worth driving down the road for.

Rude Awakening

I woke up not too long ago to the weather radio screaming at me and this radar image.



Those red boxes are tornado warnings and the yellow box is a severe thunderstorm warning. No wonder there was a tornado warning with two air masses colliding like that. As per the norm lately, most of the storm activity has moved around Franklin County, but I was able to film a few lightning bolts down the street. I will be uploading them later when I have some free time.

Severe Thunderstorm Bust

A Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued for a portion of Franklin and neighboring counties earlier. Due to the local radar being out, I did not travel far to try to catch a glimpse of this storm. By the time the radar came back on, the storm seemed to have weakened in to nothing but a rain cloud which is heading our way at this moment.

Tropical Storm Claudette

Tropical Storm Claudette is will be making landfall on the Florida panhandle sometime tonight. It seems like this storm popped up out of nowhere today. I woke up and there it was; close to Florida.



Update August 17, 2009 1:30AM

Tropical Storm Claudette, with winds of 50MPH, is currently making landfall just west of Deston.

Hurricane Bill

We now have Tropical Storm Bill which is trailing Ana.

Update August 17, 2009 5:15AM EST.

Bill is now a Hurricane with winds of 75MPH. It is still 3 or 4 days away from even coming close to land. However, it is expected to intensify to a major hurricane in by that time and the long term path remains uncertain.

Update August 18, 2009 9:00PM EST.

Bill is now a major hurricane with winds of 125mph.

It will be Sunday before it impacts the north eastern part of the United States and possibly Canada.

Update August 22, 2009 12:30AM EST.

Bermuda is currently feeling the effects of hurricane Bill and the island is currently in the tropical storm wind field.

Bill has weekend to a category 2 hurricane since my last update.

Update August 24, 2009 1:30AM EST.

Bill has made landfall in Newfoundland Canada as a category 1 hurricane. Bill has caused minor damage in Canada throughout the day.

Update August 24, 2009 9:30AM EST.

Bill has become extratropical.

Tropical Storm Ana

The first storm of the Atlantic hurricane season is here. Ana is currently about 3 days away from the Leeward Islands with winds of 40MPH.

Update August 16, 2009

Ana is now a tropical depression.

Waiting

Ohio has seen plenty of strong thunderstorm activity recently, but all the storms seem to go around Columbus. Some near Cleveland are still without power and cleaning up fallen trees. Podcaster and coder Chris Miller took this photograph six houses down from his home.

Tropical Storm Felicia

I usually don't track Pacific hurricanes, but this one is heading for Hawaii which is part of the United States. Right now, the hurricane is a category 4 but it is expected to weaken significantly to a tropical storm or depression before reaching the island. This does not mean that this storm will not be dangerous, however, as there could still be the threat of flooding.

Update August 09, 2009

Felicia is now a tropical storm and is expected to reach the islands by Tuesday morning.

Update August 11, 2009

Felicia has been downgraded to a tropical depression.

Footage From Yesterday Morning

Thunderstorms were rolling through the area yesterday morning so went out with my camera and filmed this. I got a couple of good lightning bolts but the majority of the action was too far away and not severe enough to chase.

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