Nasty little storm brewing on Narragansett Bay at the moment, lightning, possible 60MPH guts, nickel sized hail...

This wasn't there 20 minutes ago...

guess i should close the windows.

Hail sounds like the inside of a popcorn bag...

:uhoh: I hope our S-B pogie fleet is off the water by now! :bl:

Nothing worse than being in a big wide flat, 20 minute wade from safety and seeing a big black cloud with flashes coming quickly in your direction. Thats the problem with this time of year. Storms pop up quick. Be safe.

:uhoh: I hope our S-B pogie fleet is off the water by now! :bl:

That's my thought exactly...

they're mostly an early morning crowd though right? welll. maybe not the Clam-man

looks nasty all along the RI-MASS southern shoreline now.
I almost got washed away up Worcester way yesterday, heaviest rain I had seen in sometime.

With all this nasty weather about, its impossible to believe not a drop has fallen on my property in almost a week, save for a few sprinkles.

With all this nasty weather about, its impossible to believe not a drop has fallen on my property in almost a week, save for a few sprinkles.

Just sprinkles in Mansfield also.
By the time I passed your town last pm 495 was dry road

rumbling this way...and getting dark...
we had to scramble last nite...some nice lightning...looked cool, then got a little scary :eek5:

The thunder is a distance aways from my house, but those lousy looking clouds are everywhere.

Brutal thunderstorms in Wareham right now13:38 Lightning every 15 - 30 sec Hoping for the lights togo out.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR, NORTHEASTERN PROVIDENCE COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND, THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE, EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN NORFOLK COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS, CENTRAL BRISTOL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS, THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF, TAUNTON, NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH, ATTLEBOROUGH, WEST CENTRAL PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS, UNTIL 230 PM EDT
Issue Time: 1:35PM EDT, Tuesday Jun 24, 2008
Valid Until: 2:30PM EDT, Tuesday Jun 24, 2008

IT'S RAINING ICE CUBES IN ORLEANS.UP TO THE SIZE OF CRANBERRIES.AND A SHOT OF THUNDER THAT DAMN NEAR KNOCKED ME OUT OF THE CHAIR.SHUTTING DOWN,BYE!!!!

My rig is in Fairhaven ... looks like I'll get a free deck wash!!

Just sprinkles in Mansfield also.
By the time I passed your town last pm 495 was dry road

Not this time. :hidin:

Brutal thunderstorms in Wareham right now13:38 Lightning every 15 - 30 sec Hoping for the lights togo out.

NO NO NO!!! That means I will not have any central air!!

I wont be able to mow the yard tonight, again!! Darn, I hate when that happens.

Here comes round two out of RI for us SE MA folks.

minutes ago @ my office...

Very little rain though.

At my club the horn goes off!!!

looks like Marshfield/Norwell/Scituate is going to get smoked in about 20 minutes.

THOR :laughs:

Now you got to hook that to the callboxes so it broadcasts over the course everywhere :laughs:

That's the next step. We have a strike guard system and its top shelf.
Well worth the investment. All we need to do is add the sirens and it will be fully automated. Any lighning with 5 miles of the property and it goes off until the all clear function disables the sirens.

LIGHT THUNDERSTORMS MY ASS
that one came down less than a 1/4 mile from the house. :fury:

That's the next step. We have a strike guard system and its top shelf.
Well worth the investment. All we need to do is add the sirens and it will be fully automated. Any lighning with 5 miles of the property and it goes off until the all clear function disables the sirens.


As long as it goes off and we can hit the trout pond thats fine

I just the 3 wt 9' I built up in Maine, I would love to use it you know where.

I was working in Pawtucket this afternoon I couldn"t believe how big the hail was and how long it lasted for haven't seen that in along time.Then I had to drive through Pawtucket it looked liked there was a snow storm

That's my thought exactly...
Was out in Prov. River in the r/v.

Rode the storm out at Save the Bay and made a break for it after it passed. made it back to GBay just ahead of the back-edge of it.

serious wind, G50-60kt and 4-5ft rollers up the river around fields point.
yuck. Boat took a beating at the dock, but otherwise unscathed.

One of the quahogers got struck and fried his boat/motor. He's fine, but his engine is shot.

LIGHT THUNDERSTORMS MY ASS
that one came down less than a 1/4 mile from the house. :fury:

That was the forecast.
If severe had been forecasted at 0800 I never would have shoved off for a day of surveying.....

Hyannis getting pounded for a third time this afternoon.

Downtown Boston just had the sickest hailstorm I have ever seen.

:hidin:

Unbelievable.

Karl...I coming your way around 7...I think

same a little further down the road Patrick...

dark skys, nice light and sound show, and lots of water... :eek:

Meet me at the entrance at dusk and we'll break the gate down commando style :ss::rotf2:

Put your pants back on.

Round three... 20 Minutes woooosh...

Rock - that direction graph is about right, clouds and wind all over the place at that time...

Yep, saw the black front wall coming as I was driving home from hugging some more fly rods.

I have seen some great light shows by anchoring off Barrington beach and watching the storms pound Providence. Its like watching lightning at the movies. Instead of just a big flash , you get to see the whole lightning bolt.

While they do develop fast , you can usually see them coming very easily.

I heard something about a guy down in Bristol, got struck by lightning out on a jetty. Anybody else hear that?

I heard something about a guy down in Bristol, got struck by lightning out on a jetty. Anybody else hear that?

Why you would stay on a jetty during a thunderstorm is beyond me.

Darwin candidate.

http://www.beloblog.com/ProJo_Blogs/newsblog/archives/2008/06/man_42_is_struc.html

Thanx for that link RI RockHound.

Why you would stay on a jetty during a thunderstorm is beyond me.

Darwin candidate.

Depending on how long the jetty is, you might have a better shot hunkered down in the rocks than trying to walk in. If I was out on the end of the Scussett jetty, I probably couldn't get in before a fast moving cell closed in on me.

I probably wouldn't be out there in the first place when storms were forecast, but lots of guys don't check the online weather, or know what the warning signs in the sky look like.