Four years ago yesterday (May 15) my area was under a threat or severe thunderstorms described as "enhanced," meaning "numerous strong to severe thunderstorms severe storms possible; more persistent and/or widespread; a few intense." The result was a derecho that blacked out our neighborhood for seven hours. Now history looks likely to repeat itself almost four years to the day, with my area right on the line between an enhanced-risk zone a slight-risk zone, which, according to the National Weather Service (NWS), is a risk for "scattered severe storms possible; short-lived and/or not widespread; isolated intense storms possible."
"We are looking at a threat for widespread and potentially significant severe weather across the area Monday afternoon into the evening as a cold front moves across the area west to east," the NWS said. And it added for good measure that the straight-line-winds that derechos are known for might materialize again this time.
May isn't so merry anymore, but I've at least had 46 days without a severe-weather issue. Even if my power doesn't go out for the 65th or 66th time since November 2009 (I lost count), the storms expected could make things very harrowing. The bright side? Some computer projections suggest my immediate won't get the absolute worst of the storms, and it's going to be much nicer tomorrow.
Of course, if I get a tree in my living room, why should I care about that last point?
I may be back soon.
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UPDATE: The "severe" storms mostly turned out to be nothingburgers. We didn't even get anything close to severe in my neighborhood.
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