HAVES & HAVE-NOTS

It was another day of the “haves” and the “have-nots”; where it did rain, there was plenty, where it didn’t, it just remained warm and muggy! A viewer from Heavener, OK was most certainly among the “haves”. I spoke with her earlier in the evening and she said that around 7:45 PM or so she heard a loud “whoosh”. This was while it was raining hard with lightning and thunder, but she just thought that it was an afternoon t-storm… that is, until she heard the “whooshing” noise, which seemed to last for about a minute. When she looked out her front door, much to her dismay, a tree had fallen on her Pathfinder!

Elsewhere, one complex of storms that pushed through Benton County prompted a short-lived t-storm warning for McDonald County in MO. As we lost the heat of the day, the activity dwindled.

The pictures tell a nice story. Plenty of moisture along with significant daytime heating can produce some impressive storms, capable of gusty winds, small hail, dangerous lightning as well as profuse amounts of rain! We’re definitely in spring, and with any one thunderstorm, a significant threat arises.

Posted by Ted Zarras at 9:34 PM