08-17-09 Lightning

Cluster of rain approached from the southwest, shortly before it reached us it became electrically active. Again as the storm grew closer we spotted another shelf cloud. this passed overhead but luckily it was the eastern edge of the cells and we got little rain and lots of lightning as the cell passed about 4 miles west of our location.

08-15-09 Lightning

Small pop up storm developed over eastern Fayette county around 9:45 pm This storm spit out a few decent air bolts before it fell apart as it drifted northward.

8-11-09 Midnight Storms

After 11 pm a small cell developed over northwest Fayette county and drifted to the southeast with clear skies ahead of it there was a good photo op for lightning . a few pictures came out well most were in cloud flashes in the mid levels of the storm but a couple were cloud to air discharges. when the storm passed over it did have a shelf cloud associated with it.

08-10-09 Lightning

While in the north end of Lexington with a great view some storms moved into the area just before sunset and lasted till it got dark. managed to capture a couple shots of lightning after dark and a very weak shelf cloud before the sun set.

08-04-09 Severe Storms

Thunderstorms rolled across the area today bringing damaging winds and heavy rains along with very intense lightning. Around 245pm Severe thunderstorm warning was issued for Fayette county, By this time we were already set up at a great spotting location on the Fayette/Jessamine county line, At first the sky didn't look much different from any other storm but when the shelf cloud came into view we knew it was more than we expected. the shelf drew closer and we could make out significant lowerings behind it. Then off on the horizon we could see the advancing rain as more and more of the details of the horizon vanished. After the shelf rolled overhead, we observed what looked like a gravity wave about 2 miles behind the leading edge, this is the area that several funnels were seen, none became anything significant.

It was around this time a car pulls up behind us and out steps Bill Meck, WLEX Channel 18's Chief Meteorologist. (One of the best met's Turns out hes on vacation and had a chance to enjoy the storms in person rather than being in the studio during them. We chatted a few minutes and said our goodbyes as the precip started to reach us..

When the rain hit it came down hard and fast , within minutes streets were starting to flood over, As we headed back for the house bri decided to check something out near his house and WOW, looked like a small waterfall pouring out from behind his yard, water was a few inches deep about 10 ft wide and was moving very fast.

Probably due to a storm drain back there being clogged.

Power outages, Flooded and closed roads and tons of lightning strikes were common around the Lexington area this afternoon... with the front hanging around the region well just have to wait and see what we get tomorrow....

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1.5 inches of rain in less than an hour caused excessive runoff issues across the county






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