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"Terracane" Over Midwest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oya7ZIakfhQ&feature=uploademail

It does look like a hurricane over land.  We had trees down and creeks flooded, so this was a severe storm.  Twelve hours of near non-stop rain pouring.  The winds stopped for a while but are predicted to be back until Sunday afternoon.  And a tornado watch until 9 p.m. tonight (southwest VA).  This after three tornadoes in the last storm, one 20 miles from where I live.  In an area not known for tornadoes. 

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http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/news/story/48009/mondays-severe-weather-the-lar.asp

We were just hit with a very powerful thunderstorm, second one this week.  Rain wasn't pouring, it was thundering.  Thunder wasn't thundering, it was bombs exploding.  Lightning was fierce and brilliant. It was a hold-your-breath-and-hope-you-don't-get-hit kind of storm.  And then the silence afterwards.  Spooky.

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http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/02/13/49-states-covered-with-snow-1180-new-snowfall-records-set-in-the-usa-this-past-week-is-february-headed-for-record-snowfall/

Expect to see records keep being broken.  The article says it doesn't know if there has ever been 49 states with snow on the ground at the same time.  The answer is yes.  It happened last year, and like this year, Hawaii was the holdout.  So, this is the second year in a row this has happened.

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