Lake Effect Snow Machine Cranks Up!!

The Lake Effect Snow Machine is cranking out feet of snow in many locations, some locations will get over 3 feet of snow. Some areas have recorded it snowing for more than 75 hours. With a new, “more powerful” storm on the horizon for this upcoming weekend there is no tell when the snow may end. Not only the possibility for a major snow event for the East Coast, the coldest air of the season will plummet behind the biggest storm of the year! Enhancing even more lake effect snow on top of the initial storm! This winter is looking like it could be a repeat of last year, and if so, I am looking forward to it!  Here are some photos taken yesterday December 6th, 2010 from Edinboro, PA just south of Erie.

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Photos by Matt Simons. (Chewy Simons). Thanks Matt!  Hope you camera survived the intense snow and wind!

Remnants of Tropical Storm Nicole Brings Historic Flooding to Northeast and Mid Atlantic

September 30th, 2010. Tropical Storm Nicole is pumping massive amounts of moisture up the eastern seaboard bringing heavy rains, tornadoes and damaging winds to many locations. Flood Warnings were in places for over 48 hours as heavy rain continued to fall over the same areas.  During the afternoon several storms showed weak to moderate mid/low level rotation due to a strong vertical shear profile. The result, a Tornado Watch was issued by the National Weather Service until 8pm EST. As these storms ripped though my area, I was able to capture a mid level funnel on video. Here are some photos from the historic flooding, which occurred September 30th and October 1st, 2010

Hiding from the Rain.

This is where the British crossed the Brandywine to defeat us at the Battle of the Brandywine.  Oddly enough it was fought on September 11th, 1777. This was a key victory for the British, it left Philadelphia undefended and the British took control of the capitol on September 26th, 1777, and held control until June 1778.   This photo was taken October 1st, 2010.

Residential evacuations take place when the flood stage reaches around 12feet. The river was forecasted to rise up to 14feet, but It went higher than that.  Many people had significant water damage along the Brandywine.

Only a portion of a fence peaks above the water. Many Locations were completely submerged with up to 18feet of water!

Heavy Rain and strong winds  continued to blast us most of the Day Thursday.

Downtown West Chester, Pa

As night fell upon me, the rain began to intensify ten fold. Rainfall rates of 2″+per hour soaked us all night.

10:30pm. West Chester, Pa

Walking home in the rain

After a very long night, many people wake up to see the damage caused by the historic rainfall. We really haven’t seen any rain in almost 1 month before this system decided to march on in. When all said and done nearly 10″ of rain fell in less than 24hours. This was the result.

Cleaning up after a MegaStorm

 

Residents of East Goshen Township  are still picking up after an intense Supercell Thunderstorm rocked  the area on June 24th, 2010.  Three weeks later destruction can be seen everywhere. Winds were recorded between 90 and 100mph. A Tornado warning was issued but not confirmed. Here are some photos I took after the event.

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