Howling Winds Cause Big Problems

There were at least 19 separate reports of wind damage across the Tennessee Valley late Friday night. And many of those simply said, "...trees down county wide."
I want to thank Rozanne Brown of Soddy-Daisy for sending the top three pictures above. And thanks also to Judy and Loyd Boggess of Riceville, TN for sending in the bottom picture.
From what I understand there are still some without power this afternoon. We are fortunate though that no one was hurt. And I'm thankful for those without power that we don't have any upper 90s this afternoon.
South of an Birmingham to Atlanta line it's been real fireworks again this afternoon. There's a lot of ground down there getting very wet today.
Around here most of the Channel 3 Skywatchers have had two day rainfall totals between 1/2" and 1 1/2". Athens had the most so far at 1.7".
The streak is over! After 10 straight days of 90 or above, our high as of 5pm has only been 83. Nice. A few stray showers may yet pop up tonight, but I think most of the rain is over for a day or two. In fact after some low clouds and patchy fog, we should see partly cloudy skies tomorrow with highs in the upper 80s. Near 90 with partly cloudy skies Monday. And then we'll get back into the possibilities for an isolated afternoon storm or two Tuesday and Wednesday. Highs both days back between 90 and 92. Thursday we may see a few more scattered storms with highs near 92 again.
Will things get ugly hot again???
Looking at the pattern coming and what the Climate Prediction Center is forecasting, I'd say make sure you're air conditioning is ready for Heatwave Part deux. Much of the nation may be baking again July 30th through at least the 5th. So I'm glad we got rain while we could. And we'll hope for more ASAP. If not, and the heat bubble comes back for any length of time that 100 mark may finally be reached. I know we were 97 twice last week. But we have not hit 100 degrees officially since September 6th, 1999! That's a streak I'd like to see continue.
Enjoy your Sunday!