Changing up on my usual once every 10 days reporting pace, I thought the very active, stormy pattern for a good part of the day on Monday was quite interesting and warranted a special post off-schedule. Light rain began late Sunday evening, continuing overnight into Monday morning and slowly increasing in intensity as the rumble of thunder became more frequent. A very active warm front advanced north into the area along a vigorous LOW pressure system. Tornadoes from this system ravaged parts of the South on Sunday with extensive damage and deaths/injuries reported.

Storm warnings started to blare out on my NOAA weather radio, and a tornado watch was posted by the SPC for most of Monday in our region. Torrential downpours took hold by midday, and flooding was experienced in flood prone areas in the region.

A particularly active line of storms and heavy rains moved eastward into my area around  1400 EDT. Storms were tracking very rapidly (up to 70 MPH) so before I knew it I was having a “blizzard of rain” that was ravaging my immediate area. Blown around by winds gusting to 62 MPH visibility was near zero at times, obscuring the building across the street occasionally  (see picture of building in today’s featured image). I have not seen it rain and blow so hard in quite some time. Quite soon after the storm wrapped up and moved eastward, the sun actually came out briefly. Skies became partly cloudy the rest of the day with no more rain falling. No damage noted in my immediate area, but county and region-wide there was some. 

Brief statistics for the day:

Total precipitation 2.89″

Month to date 3.48″

Year to date total 12.23″

Max rain rate (approx) 7.48″/hour @ 1132 EDT

Peak Wind Gust 62 MPH from the West @ 1412 EDT

Lowest barometric pressure 29.38″ @ 1346 EDT

Highest barometric pressure 30.00″ @ 2357 EDT

High temp 76.4° @ 1401 Low temp 52.5° @ 2350 EDT

Another picture out my bedroom window is shown below: