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Such a storm!

ALRATIBA — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 01:48:20 GMT

Heavy rain which sounds like hail against the windows - I'm not hearing any thunder - but more lightening than I've seen in years.

It's been going for more than an hour.

Just got a "severe thunderstorm warning" that's expected last at least another hour - according to "Weather Bug."

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ETA: Just saw that trucks, etc. are limited on local bridges. 60 mph winds expected.

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fthunt — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 01:51:34 GMT

Some areas in NY City getting 3 - 5 inches per HOUR and more expected..

Watch the weather channel if you have it. Bridges are a parking lot - cars can't move due to flooding.

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Luvsmyfam — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 01:54:13 GMT

be careful everyone!my area got 4 in of rain yesterday,but no wind.when I got home from work,I was without cable and internet.i have no idea what that had to do with excess rain,but that's what I was told

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On It — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 02:02:34 GMT

One of the indoor, roof closed courts at the U S Open had rain coming in from the openings in the sides of the stadium. The wind was blowing it in sideways. The match had to be suspended because the court was too wet for play to continue.

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SandySparkles — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 02:19:45 GMT

Natures fury is relentless lately.😐 I cannot watch the news because of the heartbreaking devastation.😞 My thoughts, and prayers are with anyone in the path of these epic storms.🤞🙏

~~~All we need is LOVE💖

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golding76 — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 02:29:42 GMT

A furious thunderstorm roared through the D.C. Metro area last night. I was up but the thunder claps and lightning were frightening!

Not to alarm you but I must post this link to an account of the flooding and the loss of one life (and a missing person) that occurred in a neighboring town, Rockville, Md. What the account does not tell you is that the person who died was a 19-year-old man who had saved his mother from the flood.

The apartment units were in a lovely and forested area. These people went to bed last night not knowing that their apartments would suddenly be flooded and cause death.

I cannot believe this...

https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2021/09/water-rescues-rockville/

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icezeus — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 02:33:38 GMT

Prayers and good thoughts going out to all that in harms way due to serious storms.

Stay safe.

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Jk9 — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 04:08:15 GMT

Had heavy rain all yesterday evening and night in upper SC. Stopped this morning but skies are still cloudy and heavy. Creeks were up but not over flowing this time.

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decaf — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 04:16:13 GMT

@golding76 wrote:
A furious thunderstorm roared through the D.C. Metro area last night. I was up but the thunder claps and lightning were frightening!

Not to alarm you but I must post this link to an account of the flooding and the loss of one life (and a missing person) that occurred in a neighboring town, Rockville, Md. What the account does not tell you is that the person who died was a 19-year-old man who had saved his mother from the flood.

The apartment units were in a lovely and forested area. These people went to bed last night not knowing that their apartments would suddenly be flooded and cause death.

I cannot believe this...

https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2021/09/water-rescues-rockville/

I believe the tweet explains the tragedy, it says the apartments that were flooded were basement level units. How horrible. The remnants of a wicked storm.

Also, please pray for all those in Louisiana going on day five who have no food, water, shelter and power in 100 degree heat.

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catter70 — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 09:26:50 GMT

Had rain all day yesterday in the 5" range, I guess. More to the south in Philly and S Jersey they had tornados The Delaware to flood in places Fri.

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Sweetbay magnolia — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 11:01:46 GMT

I see that storm reached critical mass in NYC, @ALRATIBA , and I sincerely hope you are OK. Rising floodwaters can not be reckoned with.

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newjerseygirl — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 11:11:00 GMT

I am in Central NJ. We got an enormous amount of rain. Roads are flooded all over.

Parts of the Garden State Parkway are flooded and there are bulldozers trying to push the water out of the way like the plows do in the winter with the snow.

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qualitygal — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 11:18:36 GMT

I hope you all are doing better today.

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Harpa — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 12:26:43 GMT

The sunshine is a very welcome sight this morning!

Last year water seeped through into our kitchen with the remnants of a hurricane passing through. This year DH deliberately held off the mowing, thinking that the higher grass would be better able to keep that from happening again. It worked!

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Eileen in Virginia — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 12:43:09 GMT

We had a horrific thunderstorm in the wee hours of Wednesday morning with heavy rain. This was followed throughout the day by intermittent periods of sunny skies, then heavy rains. We haven't seen any flooding in our neighborhood, but the stream near our pool was almost over its banks in the early evening. Although we were under a tornado watch, they never upgraded it to a warning.

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Winkk — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 13:04:02 GMT

I'm in the Philly suburbs and we had torrential rain for hours. Constant alerts about tornadoes and flooding. The flooding will continue into the weekend. Public transit is down and schools are closed. I never saw so much rain in this area.

But, still not as bad as in the South.

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LindaSal — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 13:14:43 GMT

Parts of RI got 7 inches of rain overnight and there is flooding and roads destroyed more in the coastal areas. We got around 4 in the northern part of the state. So far we're okay, no basement flooding or wind damage that we can tell in our immediate area. Though we are higher up here. This was worse than Hurricane Henri that just came through a week and a half ago!

Be safe everyone!

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gardenman — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 13:25:12 GMT

We had a tornado reported about two miles south of me and a bad one about ten to fifteen miles away that damaged a lot of houses. It's kind of weird as we had no real wind here at all. Lots of rain, some thunder, and lightning, but very little in the way of wind. It's beautiful out now though. I'll be heading out to mow my grass once it dries off a bit more.

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riley1 — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 14:12:58 GMT

And I'm on the coast and we had not a drop of rain. We could really use some. Glad you are ok.

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bonnie f — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 18:57:26 GMT

im in pa.. we got it real bad!! some roads here are still flooded and closed.. worst i've seen it. they say we got about 11 inches of rain!