Saturday, November 19, 2016

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

I just received in my inbox a severe thunderstorm warning from the Weather Channel. It reads as it mostly applies to southern Humboldt at this time. I see no indication of it on doppler radar. Still, best batten down the hatches:

US SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FROM 4:10PM PST SAT UNTIL 4:45PM PST SAT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA CALIFORNIA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA... * UNTIL 445 PM PST * AT 409 PM PST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR HONEYDEW TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PETROLIA...AND MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HONEYDEW...GRIZZLY CREEK REDWOODS STATE PARK...RIO DELL...SCOTIA... PEPPERWOOD...CARLOTTA...BULL CREEK...SHIVELY AND HYDESVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL... DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. &&

Update: Yet another false alarm it seems. I kinda figured as doppler radar didn't look like thunder and lightening activity to me. I did think I heard thunder off in the distance a few times last night, but think it might have been my imagination.

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