STORM2K

Posted: **Thu Aug 28, 2003 7:52 pm**

Holy $hit.

Amazing SVR just rolled over here (2nd of the day).
Our Boltek detector recorded 862 strikes/min at one point.

Had an extremely close CG strike (~200 yards away). Tremendous static discharge locked our wx station before losing power.

PC went to UPS; check out our METAR from when we took the hit:

2003/08/29 00:08
KVALEXIN 290008Z 00196KT 21/19 A3008 P0074 OVC +TSGR

196 knot wind was actually 26MPH but sufficient discharge got into the shielded cable to surge it off the chart.

The +TSGR is heavy rain, thunderstorm, hail...all correct.

I hate sitting on a PC when the wx is like that but the 'puter must like it less. :o

Scott

Posted: **Thu Aug 28, 2003 8:21 pm**

Yikes! :o Hopefully your PC didn't get fried. That would blow seing as how you run a radio station.

Posted: **Thu Aug 28, 2003 8:51 pm**

EEK....what a storm!! :o Hope a warning was out for that!!

Posted: **Thu Aug 28, 2003 9:44 pm**

Wow, thats a big storm. Wish I had that, except the lightning that close. :?

Posted: **Thu Aug 28, 2003 10:59 pm**

check this out....

This was #2 storm (of 3) today. Behind the house, about 25 minutes before I got popped:

crazy night.

Scott

FIRST...AND ONLY...DECENT LIGHTNING PICTURE ON A SONY DIGITAL 8-)

Posted: **Thu Aug 28, 2003 11:19 pm**

YIKES!

Reminds me of the Sunday storm here, with the first hailstones recorded here in 2 years and not to mention the 30 kt wind gusts and the CG strikes. Ouch...45 CG strikes from the cell every 60 seconds for 20 minutes. Can we say excessive?

SF

Posted: **Fri Aug 29, 2003 7:06 am**

Wow, incredible picture Scott! I hope there was no damage near you.

Posted: **Fri Aug 29, 2003 8:11 am**

Amazing picture.

Posted: **Fri Aug 29, 2003 10:28 am**

Wow - that's incredible Scott!! It's amazing how something so beautiful can be so destructive.

STORM2K

MAN! I just got CRUSHED!

MAN! I just got CRUSHED!

Re: MAN! I just got CRUSHED!