Sunday, March 08, 2009

WATER, WATER,EVERYWHERE


It is 10:23am and Patrick and Junior are asleep downstairs. It is 44.2 degrees and raining.



It has been raining all night and all day. basement is flooded, sump pump can't keep up, drains full. Ponds have sprung up in the fields. Flood Warnings (3) in effect. Oh goody, it's always something.



"Showers and scattered thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may be severe in the afternoon. Locally heavy rainfall possible. Highs in the lower 60s. East winds 10 to 15 mph shifting to the southeast in the afternoon. Gusts up to 30 mph."

There are 7 active alerts issued by the National Weather Service for Huntington County

ALERT 1 - Severe Thunderstorm Warning
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR, GRANT COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA EAST CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA SOUTHERN KOSCIUSKO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA NORTHEASTERN MIAMI COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA WABASH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA HUNTINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA SOUTHERN WHITLEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 530 PM EDT
Issue Time: 3/8/2009 4:36:00 PM
Valid Until: 3/8/2009 5:30:00 PM
Details
ALERT 2 - Tornado Watch
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8:00PM EDT
Issue Time: 3/8/2009 4:03:00 PM
Valid Until: 3/8/2009 8:00:00 PM
Details
ALERT 3 - Non Precipitation Advisory
WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT /5 AM CDT/ MONDAY
Issue Time: 3/8/2009 3:12:00 PM
Valid Until: 3/8/2009 11:15:00 PM
Details
ALERT 4 - Flood Warning
THE NWS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 11:48AM EDT
Issue Time: 3/8/2009 11:48:00 AM
Valid Until: 3/9/2009 11:48:00 AM
Details
ALERT 5 - Flood Warning
THE NWS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 11:48AM EDT
Issue Time: 3/8/2009 11:48:00 AM
Valid Until: 3/9/2009 11:48:00 AM
Details
ALERT 6 - Flood Warning
THE NWS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 5:00PM EDT
Issue Time: 3/8/2009 10:57:00 AM
Valid Until: 3/8/2009 5:00:00 PM
Details
ALERT 7 - Flash Flood Watch
FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING
Issue Time: 3/8/2009 10:13:00 AM
Valid Until: 3/8/2009 6:15:00 PM
Details


Thunderstorms, floods, winds, and tornados--What no Sunami???



go gators

posted by Trader Rick @ 10:23 AM   1 comments

1 Comments:

At Mon Mar 09, 07:38:00 AM 2009, Blogger Mark said...

It's coming here, I believe. My ankle is hurting. It hurts every time about a day before it rains or snows.

 

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