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samosetguy · 06-19-2011, 06:53 AM

That was a nasty storm yesterday. The national weather service put out a warning about an hour before it hit which included the risk of 60 mph winds and golf ball sized hail. The wind came swirling in across the broads and the relative glass like lake turned into white caps in literally seconds (my view from my porch is right across the broads).

On the scanner, it appeared there were two water rescues when the storm hit. One was off Black Cat Island and the other off Long Island. They may have been related but I think they were separate. There was also a small Lund fishing boat that couldn't get the engine started and needed assistance.

For a larger boat (maybe > 25ft) it probably wasn't too much to worry about but any smaller vessels probably got tossed around a fair amount for about twenty minutes. It came and left quickly. There was briefly a faint wide rainbow on the back side of it.

06-19-2011, 06:53 AM	#4
samosetguy Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 57 Thanks: 38 Thanked 35 Times in 14 Posts	Sudden Storm That was a nasty storm yesterday. The national weather service put out a warning about an hour before it hit which included the risk of 60 mph winds and golf ball sized hail. The wind came swirling in across the broads and the relative glass like lake turned into white caps in literally seconds (my view from my porch is right across the broads). On the scanner, it appeared there were two water rescues when the storm hit. One was off Black Cat Island and the other off Long Island. They may have been related but I think they were separate. There was also a small Lund fishing boat that couldn't get the engine started and needed assistance. For a larger boat (maybe > 25ft) it probably wasn't too much to worry about but any smaller vessels probably got tossed around a fair amount for about twenty minutes. It came and left quickly. There was briefly a faint wide rainbow on the back side of it.