Following two straight days of severe thunderstorms with embedded derechos, heavy flooding rainfall is the threat throughout the Northeast.
There were between 37,000 and 50,000 lightning strikes that hit the ground yesterday in the Northeast storms. pic.twitter.com/ofxwV0EFks
— Jesse Ferrell (@Accu_Jesse) May 16, 2018
Widespread strong and damaging winds and large hail today across parts of the Eastern US. Here are some of the wind gusts reports received so far. pic.twitter.com/6MovdLGPXM
— NWS Eastern Region (@NWSEastern) May 16, 2018
For the second day in a row, a #derecho raked through the Northeast. Our analysis: https://t.co/43oOeLHPj9 pic.twitter.com/Yo8TojbCiZ
— The Weather Channel (@weatherchannel) May 16, 2018
Heartbreaking story — tree toppled onto an SUV and killed an 11-year-old girl as strong winds ravaged the Northeast last night https://t.co/2x4Lqp1JFr
— Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather) May 16, 2018
Last night’s thunderstorms caused a **meteotsunami** along the Northeast coast https://t.co/LPA8DD0HFS
— Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather) May 16, 2018
Golf ball to baseball size hail this afternoon across parts of southeastern New York. A trained spotter has reported a tornado earlier in Yulan NY (Sullivan County). The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton PA airport recorded a wind gust of 64 mph. pic.twitter.com/LUOjk2IX1T
— NWS Eastern Region (@NWSEastern) May 15, 2018
The anatomy of Tuesday’s devastating flash flood in Frederick https://t.co/ERa3UIMYrg
— Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather) May 16, 2018
It’s by no means over either… Deep tropical moisture lifting north out of the Caribbean and colliding with a stalled frontal boundary means heavy, flooding rains.
FEATURED IMAGE CREDIT: Tara Rosenblum
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