Insane Winds!

Well, the storm system has arrived with a vengenance. The winds are howling like they did when Hurricane Katrina and Ivan moved through this area. My max gust has been 25mph, but the station at FPD has a 45mph gust. There is a major power outage that is affecting North Florence, and all of northern and western Lauderdale county. I'm hearing on the scanner they are hoping to have that resolved within the hour. There are many trees down across roadways, and also across cars. The best thing to do is just stay home tonight. Radar still shows the huge blob of heavy rain and storms across north central MS, but I'm beginning to wonder if it will make it to us. It has been weakening all night as it nears us. There is also a Tornado Watch right up to Tishomingo county, which is only 1 county west of us.

Hunker down and ride out the rain and winds tonight, and I'll post another update in the morning after all this moves out with the final rainfall and wind readings.

Currently 58º
Dewpoint 56º
Wind SE 12 G 20
Barometer 29.67" and falling
Rainfall 0.94"