The storms tonight reeked of AWESOMENESS

Wow! Just Wow! The storms tonight were incredible with some of the most phenomenal lightning I have seen. It was nearly continuous with a cloud-to-ground strike every 2-5 seconds. It was loud out there. Heavy rain, strong winds and possibly some small hail also occurred in spots. Anywhere from .50 to 1 inch of rain fell across Wake County with RDU getting one of the top spots at .97 inches and NWS on NCSU campus getting 0.61 inches. I was only able to take one picture as I was too focused on following the situation on radar as I was seeing signs of intensifying storms as they approached Wake county. However, Jay Melbourne took some pictures for me while he was at work. My picture, his pictures and some radar captions from a program I use are below. All pictures taken in Cary. ENJOY!

My picture



Photos by Jay Melbourne..






2 radar captions using Gibson Ridge Level 2 Analyst Edition.

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