The day you're born, the day you die, the day you see your first tornado. All important days in anybody's life. For me, today was one of those days. The remnants of tropical storm Fay moved through South Carolina today. As with any tropical system, there's always the possibility of tornados. But honestly, I never in a million years thought this would be the day I would finally see one....
Read more...Some thundershowers moved in from the northwest this afternoon. No big deal. Still, this might be my favorite timelapse so far. You can see a weak outflow boundary blow past from the rain cooled air. The back edge of the rain shaft is also neat, as there's some interaction between the rising clouds and sinking rain.
Read more...A severe thunderstorm moved into Anderson county today from the northwest. But like many summer storms, it didn't maintain its strength very long. By the time it hit me there was just some heavy rain and rumbles of thunder.
Read more...A pretty strong storm hit western Anderson this afternoon. It starting building around 3:30 and was severe within 15 minutes. I drove just a couple miles to the east, around the airport, to catch the core of the storm. There was some incredible CG lightning as the core of the storm moved over. The core also dropped lots of penny and quarter-sized hail...
Read more...As a broken line of storms moved in from the west, some of the cells started to become severe. This particular storm went up about 15 miles to our south, near Iva. I decided to drive out and take a look. There were a few pieces of pea-sized hail, but that was about it. Meanwhile, back in Anderson, my other camera time-lapsed the line as it passed.
Read more...A weak cell popped up just to our west. As it moved in, it weakened and then collapsed all together. The video is looking east, and shows the entire death of the storm. Graphic.
Read more...Hot and humid conditions provided fuel for some afternoon thunderstorms. I noticed an outflow boundary slowly moving in from the east and initiating some thundershowers. I decided to try some time lapse and catch the storms as they moved in. This video is looking east-southeast. You can see a minor cell go up in the distance...
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