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Rain and lightning bring delays to Games Agencies Posted online: Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 1609 hrs IST Beijing, August 14: Heavy rain and lightning badly disrupted Olympic Games action on Thursday with rowing and canoe events put back to Friday and the tennis quarter-finals seriously delayed. The women's semi-finals in the kayak and the double canoe final were put back to Friday after violent storms battered the venue at Shunyi, just to the north of Beijing. Only semi-finals of canoe doubles were completed before weather worsened and schedule was halted for security reasons. The semi-finals of rowing, due to...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1241 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BRADLEY COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CLEVELAND... MCMINN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... POLK COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...DUCKTOWN...BENTON... * UNTIL 115 AM EDT * AT 1238 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTH...

A cloud-to-ground ligtning strike from a severe thunderstom hit a large gasoline storage tank at the Magellan Petroleum tank farm in Kansas City, igniting 2 million plus gallons of unleaded gasoline, rapidly growing into a huge inferno of flame belching over 200 feet in the air. Local authorities have elected to let the fire burn itself out, which is anticipated to take a day or more. The fire is presently contained to the burning tank. Authorites and company officials feel confident the fire poses no danger to other large storage tanks nearby. Video from local news helicopters shows tank walls...

ABOVE THE STORM: The afternoon sky darkened. Grey clouds billowed to the heavens. Thunder shook the ground and lightning danced overhead. The first droplets of heavy rain were just hitting the ground when the spaceship flew by.... This really happened on Feb. 5th when the International Space Station (ISS) flew over western Africa during an afternoon thunderstorm in Mali:Orbiting Earth 200 miles high at a speed of 17,000 mph, astronauts took the picture using a Nikon D2Xs peering through one of the space station's many windows. It shows an enormous anvil cloud. Anvil clouds form in the tops of thunderstorms...

I'm not a meteorologist, but these storms seem to have re-intensified over the past hour or two. Given the loss of life already due to these storms, I thought a warning in Breaking was warranted. Click on the source link to see a looping radar shot centered on the D.C./PA region.

(11/21/04 - EL CAMPO, TX) — Stubborn storms are wreaking havoc in Wharton County. At least 14 inches of rain has fallen Sunday morning, creating heavy flooding, primarily through the community of El Campo. The trouble began around 1:30am. El Campo Police Chief Jim Elliott says the entire city is flooded. At one point, the city’s 911 system went down, but Chief Elliott says service has been restored. The El Campo Fire Department had received 20 to 30 calls for rescue as of 8am Sunday. Fire crews in two boats and some four wheel drive vehicles are steadily working to...

          URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 121   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK   220 PM CDT SUN APR 25 2004      THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF              NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO          WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE          NORTHWEST TEXAS      EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 220 PM UNTIL 900   PM CDT.      HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.      THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 80...

Former Governor Pete Wilson is on the Hugh Hewitt show now and has just said that he will support Arnold in the election.

Just a heads up for fellow North Carolinians......one hell of a storm front heading towards the Raleigh area / central N. Carolina. Watch your news carefully; tornado WARNINGS in effect right now.

<p>NASA officials said Friday they have asked experts in upper-atmosphere electric phenomena whether it is possible for such effects to occur at the altitude and weather conditions that the shuttle was flying through before it disintegrated.</p> <p>But they said that so far they have found nothing in their investigation to indicate that the shuttle encountered such phenomena on re-entry. "There is nothing in the data stream . . . that would cause any concern on our part," said Ron Dittemore, NASA's shuttle program manager.</p>

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Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2002 September 10 Venus Beyond the Storm Credit & Copyright: Lyndon Anderson (Prairiejournal.com) Explanation: A thunderstorm, lightning, a bright star and a bright planet all graced an evening sky for a short while near Bismarck, North Dakota, USA two weeks ago. Thick thunderclouds from a passing storm are the origin of a strong cloud to ground lightning strike. Small areas of rain darken portions of the orange sunset,...

A cold front is moving through the eastern half of the country, and with it is the threat of more severe weather. Following Sunday's F-5 TORNADO that torn through La Plata, MD, we should be increasingly vigilant of the threat of severe weather in the East. Tornado watchs has been issued for the ENTIRE states of New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland, and the areas of the New York City metro area in New York state, southeastern and south central Pennsylvania, including the Philadelphia metro area, eastern and northern parts of Virginia, and eastern parts of West Virginia. These watches will...

A cold front is sweeping through the Northern and Central Plains, and numerous severe thunderstorms, including probable tornadoes, are springing up across the region. Current tornado warnings include Jones County, Iowa County, and Eastern Linn County in east central Iowa.