Astounding! I'm glad you put the photos here, as they will quickly scroll down and be off of the front page.

I think there are some kinds of instincts that some people have. As the storm approached, I couldn't see outside, except that it was getting dark, and the weather map in motion showed an approaching strong storm. But I felt, somehow, that I should take some extra precautions. I did turn the computer and radio off, with the surge protector. About mid-way through the storm there was a big 'ZAP', with the crackling sound along with it and following. That's the sound of a very close strike.
I agree with you, Dr Mel, that conditions were right, and it was just very fortunate that it didn't develop anything worse. Great pics and interesting to watch nature, but not when there is destruction.
I agree also that we are heading into the peak of summer storm season in the Northeast now. The MidWest has there's a bit earlier, more as spring changes of weather, and we have ours more at summer's last half.

Like Scouts - Be Prepared for the worst, and hope for the best.

I saw the advisory and looked at the maps. Looks like the Daddy and the Mama went by and now the little ones are following. LOL

Here's a map:

http://www.weather.com/maps/geography/northeastus/northeastradar2100mile_large_animated.html

I just hope that what's out there right now in Illinois calms down before it gets here.

Very cool pictures although it was not much fun driving to work in the down pours.

Pics were very interesting! Who knows what kind of surprises we are in for! This weather is more than a little scarey to me after what happened in The Bridgeport aera last month!

Nature is awesome! It can be very sweetly gentle, or it can be raging and overwhelming fury. Best to respect that. Sometimes fear is healthy because it tells us there is danger and to proceed with caution.

Although we did have the Bridgeport tornado a few weeks back…I actually think that the hot season this year has had fewer thunderstorms than we typically see. This is because there has been so little differences in the air masses that have passed over the Tri-State region. Hot/humid air masses and a mostly southern flow (tropical) have dominated… and very few cool/dry air masses and a northern flow (continental) have come close to one another.

Although the daily range of temperatures is small in the hot season, they have been even smaller this summer so far: NWS Bridgeport has had a daily high of 87 F and a daily low of 70 F…NYC (Central Park) a daily average high of 90 F and a daily average low of 72 F. Most NWS stations in the Tri-State/Middle Atlantic states have had only 2 or 3 nights the whole month of July that fell to less than 70 F. This is a sure sign that the flow has been more southerly… with few fronts and changes in air masses.

From what it looks like the pattern shows little sign of changing any time soon. In the next several days (10 days at least)...nights should only fall to within a few degrees of 70 F (+/-). So expect those “sultry summer nights” to continue and few wide spread areas of thunderstorms.

The tropics look to become more active in the coming week out east of the Bahamas.

I am watching the live coverage from my computer, and I have to commend all of you at WTNH for excellent coverage at this time of this storm system. You guys are 'looking out the window' and giving excellent up-to-date advisories, and even caught that the official expiration of the tornado warnings was not realistically accurate,, but that the computer projection did not match the actual reality.

YAY! WTNH team!

I know I let you know when there are problems, and now I have to let you know that .. this is excellent!

If someone is not pleased, oh, well. Better to be prepared than to not be disturbed and then be surprised. Be prepared for the worst and hope for the best,, and if it turns out that nothing happens when there was potential, then thank God.

Geoff commented that they were criticized by Bridgeport people because they were not warned and that this is corrected now.

Thank you!

I live and work in Bristol and not one news team sniffed out the tree behind the Boy's Girl's Club with three cars flattened underneath it!

Amazing pictures. I storms and always have wanted to be out in them when possible, their power is the best thrill ride ever. I do have a question.
With these types of clouds occuring here, why aren't you showing them and giving explantions? These are much more common in the midwest, and I'm sure that many people here don't realize they are seeing shelf and/or wall cloud formations. I don't think I ever hear them mentioned in reports. Residents here need to know the differences from the usual 'thunder clouds'.

opps shoul have rea I love storms