Derecho Risk from Midwest to the Ohio Valley TODAY June 12 2013

Yep .. first line is headed this way. It's in YORK PA right now ....

We are hunkering down. Bringing in all the stuff that can blow away.
We've been through a bunch of tornados before .. living in Alabama.
So we know how to prepare for an out break. Wish the neighbors would do the preps ... ugh.

Got the basement ready ... but of course we usually have it ready anyways.
Water .... lanterns .... weather radio .... the usual ....

Ohio reporting in (Millersport) - lost power for a few hours in the night but everything is back to normal in my neck of the woods.


Stay safe everyone!

1st wave went over. VERY electrical. No hail. Some rotation.
'They' are saying the day will heat up and we'll have another wave around 5 pm.
I'm just not seeing that it'll happen ....

Update from NW Ohio:

It was not nearly as bad as they predicted for the area we were in.

We went to the in law's (we don't have sirens or a shelter where we reside) and the sirens were blaring for a good hour, but, it never got THAT bad, certainly nothing like one last year that they were comparing it to.

We were watching the news and we were smack in the middle of the reddest part and had no extreme wind or hail like they were reporting for our area. The kids slept right through the whole thing on the pull out in Memaw's living room (right near the stairs where we would have gone if it were necessary).

The only damage at home was to our old chicken coop, everything else was untouched.

I hope everyone else weathered the storm safely!

Originally posted by Myrtales Instinct
reply to post by daryllyn

 

It was bad wasn't it?

You know you've hit the big time in a storm system when Homeland Security sets up a staging area in your tiny little community to bring water and ice.

So depressing to even think about it.

And when it rains it pours - our sump pump just went out.Lol

edit on 12-6-2013 by Myrtales Instinct because: (no reason given)

It was bad, but, there was an upside. There almost always is.... We were really unprepared for the one last year and that storm woke us up big time.

We are ready for anything now

Being prepared made it a lot less scary!

Day 2
Upgraded Threat as below...

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 308 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 210 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA COASTAL WATERS * EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 210 PM UNTIL 1000 PM EDT. ...

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... NUMEROUS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH LIKELY SEVERAL VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF NORFOLK VIRGINIA TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF SOUTHERN PINES NORTH CAROLINA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 306...WW 307...

Previous Bulletin...

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 307 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 145 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN ALABAMA NORTHERN GEORGIA WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA MIDDLE AND EASTERN TENNESSEE * EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 145 PM UNTIL 800 PM EDT. * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE SEVERAL VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF MUSCLE SHOALS ALABAMA TO 40 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF CHARLOTTE NORTH CAROLINA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 305...WW 306... DISCUSSION...POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT SUPPORTED BY STRONG UPPER TROUGH SPREADS SOUTHWARD. VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS NOW SITUATED AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND UPPER SYSTEM WILL FUEL INTENSE THUNDERSTORM UPDRAFTS THAT WILL DEVELOP AMIDST STRONG UNIDIRECTIONAL SHEAR. RESULTING STORMS SHOULD ATTAIN SUPERCELL/SPLITTING CELL CHARACTER WITH LARGE HAIL AND HIGH WINDS LIKELY. WITH TIME...CELL MERGERS OR SOME CLUSTERING MAY SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF LINE SEGMENTS/LEWPS WITH INCREASING CHANCE FOR MORE WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE. AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 32035.

it appears to have put a Buoy into event mode? Causing some wave action?

National Data Bouy Center