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Resident 2B
07-17-2012, 04:54 PM
Hi all,

Looks like a rather intense thunderstorm is on the way to the lake. About an hour away if it holds together, and to me it looks like it will hold together.

R2B

RLW
07-17-2012, 06:20 PM
Just hit Alton Mountain about 8 minutes ago (7:08 PM) and did the wind pickup and making white caps all over Sunset lake. Wind blew the family room door open and it took me two hands and all my weight to close it. Very bright lighting and very loud thunder. Came in from the NW and lights are flickering quite a bit right now.:)

bclaker
07-17-2012, 06:44 PM
Hit here in Laconia about 10 minutes ago with what sounded like three local lightning hits. We got a deluge for 5 to 10 minutes and now it has passed.

Slickcraft
07-17-2012, 07:20 PM
Power is off for all NHEC customers in Alton, Barnstead and New Durham plus partial outages in towns to south. Running on generator here in West Alton.

ishoot308
07-17-2012, 07:47 PM
We got hit bad on the West side of Welch Island. It only lasted for about two minutes but it was the worst two minutes I have seen out here, even worse than last years hurricane. The wind was so bad there was no waves, just a white spray of water off the top of the lake being blown. I can only guess the wind exceeded 60 MPH for a very short while. My flag pole which is super heavy duty and bolted through the dock was yanked out!! Power is out and I assume will be out till morning anyways.

Slickcraft, I think your boat is O.K. but I will check in the A.M. when there is some light.

Dan

ArborTech
07-17-2012, 08:42 PM
Moultonborough to Gilford, the whole lakes region took it hard. Sounds like there has been significant tree damage again! We just got back on track from the July 4th storm. Hope everyone faired well.

Sorry to hear about the flagpole Dan:(

rgilfert
07-18-2012, 06:26 AM
My wife and I had visited our home in Bedford yesterday and weren't on Rattlesnake when the storm hit last night. Can anyone tell me whether there is power on Rattlesnake? And if the power went out....how long it was out for (we have a freezer full of food and ice)?

tis
07-18-2012, 06:28 AM
We got two bad hits here but could tell you guys got it a lot worse to our west. We didn't seem to get the bad wind that you did either.

hilltopper
07-18-2012, 07:14 AM
I could here the thunder and see occasional lightning from my spot in Meredith but other than that it was just moderate rain for about 20 minutes.

Rattlesnake Gal
07-18-2012, 08:56 AM
My wife and I had visited our home in Bedford yesterday and weren't on Rattlesnake when the storm hit last night. Can anyone tell me whether there is power on Rattlesnake? And if the power went out....how long it was out for (we have a freezer full of food and ice)?

Is back. It was out for two hours.

RLW
07-18-2012, 11:57 AM
Just hit Alton Mountain about 8 minutes ago (7:08 PM) and did the wind pickup and making white caps all over Sunset lake. Wind blew the family room door open and it took me two hands and all my weight to close it. Very bright lighting and very loud thunder. Came in from the NW and lights are flickering quite a bit right now.:)

My generator shows the time running last night here on Alton Mountain to be 6 hours 24 minutes. I can't verify the timer on the generator as I was in bed way before the electricity came back on.:)


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Rattlesnake Gal
07-18-2012, 03:44 PM
As the storm was heading down the lake, a barge that had an excavator on it was just finishing up for the day. They got part way out into The Broads and came back to the island. Smart move I think.

Just as the small white caps started, we saw a boat over near Parker Island that was trying to head north. They thought better of it! :laugh: This storm was not friendly looking and the warnings that were coming out about it were strong to severe.

Just like Dan said, It didn't last long. The waves weren't huge, which is very unusual. It was amazing how the wind was just taking the water off the lake, blowing it in a giant spray down the The Broads. There were lots of vivid lightening strikes.

The power didn't quit until it was past our neck of the woods and I am so glad that the power came back so quick. We almost headed home with the contents of the refrigerator. We would have missed this beautiful day on the lake.

ApS
07-30-2012, 02:31 PM
There are no active watches, warnings or advisories by NOAA, but at 3:30-PM, a thunderhead that had been building slowly just north of the Ossipee Range now appears to be heading our way! :(

For boaters considering going out, this is a good time to first check the weather that comes out of due north. :look: