May 2018 Observations & Discussions

Dam this is growing and sagging S - goona be a fun time with these or NOT!!!
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ferocious storms up in Orange county. Anyone up that way here? Tornado warning and some reports of large damaging hail

89 here dew 66. winds picking up and increasing clouds to the NW.

These storms have some of the strongest winds I've ever witnessed in a thunderstorm



Power is flickering

Was under a tornado warning but not much happened where I am.

Heavy rain and wind, thunder and lightning and now no POWER in Stillwater NJ ! This storm has a punch

Picture from 24th floor in Ft Lee, coming to the Bronx soon !

Waiting for them to die as they hit LI lol

Strong storm coming through now. Heavy rain and lots of thunder. Here was the sky just before arrival:

Wow, I don’t think I’ve ever driven through anything quite like that.  I was heading down 287 S in the Montville area around 4:30-4:45. The sky was bright to my left, pitch black to my right.  Even before the rain started, there was large debris swirling in the air and on the road and I was wondering if I was inside some kind of mini tornado, even though I didn’t see what looked like any funnel clouds...although I couldn’t spend a lot of time looking at the sky, as it was all I could do to drive in that wind.

Rain started coming down in sheets - all the cars and even the big 18-wheelers had their flashers on and were crawling.  Winds and swirling debris were crazy.  LOUD clunks hitting my car from what I assume were big hailstones but I never did see any because I couldn’t look around, it was all I could do to drive.

Holy cr*p!

Forgot to add that the temperature dropped almost 25 degrees from the time I got in my car to the time I got home about half an hour later!

Wow oh wow. Frank ditto the winds top my all time thunderstorm. There is a ton of damage including a tree on a city bus block McLean and central to those in the area medium to large branches down on almost all streets a huge tree uprooted onto a house a few large trees across cars. I was in a large parking lot when I saw the straight line wind coming with garbage dirt and it hit like a ton of bricks had to be 70 plus mph. They conti yes in waves then the rain stated with the worst wind over. I ha e pics and video ill post tonight or when I can.

Cool shelf cloud looking NW while driving my son to his hockey game. I hope the pictures are turned the right way. They are on my phone.

I heard rumors of s tornado touchdown in nj. Any validity?

VERY DISAPPOINTING HERE IN NEPA at my parents'. Biggest wind gusts were maybe 35-40 mph, few flashes of lightning with relatively benign thunder. Mostly just moderate rain. Meanwhile had I stayed at my apartment in Fishkill........



I really just wanna give up lol the ONLY REMOTELY INTERESTING EVENT ASIDE FROM TROPICS and again I miss it lmfao why Mother Nature, WHY?!!!! Ahaha

Did anyone see this yet t hats a lot of rain if pans out any input

OKAY wtf is this. I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS IN THIS AREA BEFORE!!NTHE TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER IN MONITORING THIS!!

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service New York NY
911 PM EDT Tue May 15 2018
CTZ009>012-NJZ006-NYZ071>075-078>081-176>179-161200-
Southern Fairfield-Southern New Haven-Southern Middlesex-
Southern New London-Hudson-Southern Westchester-
New York (Manhattan)-Bronx-Richmond (Staten Island)-
Kings (Brooklyn)-Northwestern Suffolk-Northeastern Suffolk-
Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk-Northern Queens-
Northern Nassau-Southern Queens-Southern Nassau-
911 PM EDT Tue May 15 2018
...Abnormal surge and strong currents expected for the 
oceanfront, inlets, and back bays through the overnight hours...
Air pressure sensor and tidal gage readings in and near the
coastal waters indicate that a weather-generated surge has been 
triggered by the earlier line of thunderstorms as it moved over 
the ocean. A surge of several inches up to 1 ft is expected to 
affect the region over the next several hours. 
The following impacts are possible along the coast...
Boat Owners...
Prepare for the following hazards...
Strong unpredictable currents 
Surge up to one foot above normal astronomical tides causing 
Minor coastal impacts during the times of high tide
At the beach...
Prepare for the following hazards...
High surf washing up the beachfront 
Dangerous rip currents
Duration of the Event...
The duration of the event in uncertain, though similar events have
lasted from several hours to one day. It is not recommended 
to return to the water until at least Wednesday morning.
The National Tsunami Warning Center is monitoring this event.
Additional statements will be issued if necessary through the 
National Weather Service Forecast Office in New York, NY.

skinsfan1177 wrote:Did anyone see this yet t hats a lot of rain if pans out any input

Skins yeah I saw that, front stalls on GEFS over us. Euro has it more South over SNJ but still give u 1-2" of wetness.
Like I said the other days get out the Depends peeps or just ask CP and DOC if they can spare  a pair LOL!!

About a mile from my home, all hell broke loose.  Trees down all over, power lines down, school canceled for tomorrow. 133,000 in my area without power. My wife said she saw some buildings down, collapsed. A ten minute trip to the high school to get my son was an hour each way. Kids were harboring in place in the gym. It happened at 3:35 when the storm came in. Dark skies, wind, driving rain. Intense for about 30 minutes. Some local paper pictures of a funnel cloud touching down. Roads are closed and Towns of Sullivan  and Mamakating declared states of emergency. Sullivan manager says damage with trees down is same as the March 2 storm and that some roads will remain impassable for days.

Damian be careful up there and stay safe

I have family in Pine Bush and Walden NY where I'm hearing the brunt of it happened anyone on this forum around that area. I did hear from my uncle earlier he said wind was crazy and hail and lots of trees down

I am 7 miles from Pine Bush and about five more from Walden. Yes, it is real bad up here. I am sure they do not have power. Route 302 and Old 17 are closed due to fallen trees and power lines. Most likely Pine Bush may take up to 3-4 days to get power back. I missed it all by literally a mile. Almost like it was a derecho. My daughter got off the bus at 3:25 pm and 10 minutes later, BAM!

Like mugs posted we are having a tsunami effect from the line of storms!!! Thats just nuts! Anyone can explain how that happened?

CTZ009>012-NJZ006-NYZ071>075-078>081-176>179-161200-
Southern Fairfield-Southern New Haven-Southern Middlesex-
Southern New London-Hudson-Southern Westchester-
New York (Manhattan)-Bronx-Richmond (Staten Island)-
Kings (Brooklyn)-Northwestern Suffolk-Northeastern Suffolk-
Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk-Northern Queens-
Northern Nassau-Southern Queens-Southern Nassau-
911 PM EDT Tue May 15 2018

...Abnormal surge and strong currents expected for the
oceanfront, inlets, and back bays through the overnight hours...

Air pressure sensor and tidal gage readings in and near the
coastal waters indicate that a weather-generated surge has been
triggered by the earlier line of thunderstorms as it moved over
the ocean. A surge of several inches up to 1 ft is expected to
affect the region over the next several hours.

The following impacts are possible along the coast...

Boat Owners...
Prepare for the following hazards...
Strong unpredictable currents
Surge up to one foot above normal astronomical tides causing
Minor coastal impacts during the times of high tide

At the beach...
Prepare for the following hazards...
High surf washing up the beachfront
Dangerous rip currents

Duration of the Event...
The duration of the event in uncertain, though similar events have
lasted from several hours to one day. It is not recommended
to return to the water until at least Wednesday morning.

The National Tsunami Warning Center is monitoring this event.
Additional statements will be issued if necessary through the
National Weather Service Forecast Office in New York, NY.

This is explanation for further down jersey shore and they indeed call it a tsunami! In NY/NJ!!

This kind of tsunami is generated by abrupt changes of atmospheric
pressure in the causative storm system, which is a line of
thunderstorms that moved over the ocean in this case. The
combination of the air pressure effect on the ocean surface and
the speed at which the pressure disturbance travels can generate
tsunami like waves in certain situations. The National Tsunami
Warning Center is monitoring this event.

Hope everyone is well ok. It’s not good in Passaic Morris area so i can only imagine the brunt in Orange.

Wow, that was fun! But sorry for anyone who was hurt or had damage... wind was insane here, straightline winds taking town a few trees, but mostly large branches. .42" of rain, considering it was raining sideways! Still some areas with roads closed, hopefully they will be clear for the commute tomorrow...

Wicked winds, hand held anemometer registered 60mph winds as storms plowed through, numerous trees down, wappingers, east fishkill, and kent look like war zones in places, hats off to the SPC and NWS for recognizing the severe threat and warning the public ahead of time. As far as the Meteotsunami goes: https://whyy.org/articles/severe-storms-generated-meteotsunami-as-they-moved-off-n-j/

Just got off phone with my uncle in Pine Bush NY and he said no power trees uprooted everywhere

Check out the Damage in Hamden CT from the storms yesterday...impressive

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