We got a healthy round of storms today. Most of us got heavy rain, frequent cloud to ground lightning, and some gusty winds. One of those storms prompted a severe thunderstorm warning in Acadia, St. Landry, and Evangeline parishes as it moved through Eunice to Church Point. I didn’t get any reports of severe weather but there was some minor flooding, especially off to the west. A viewer sent a picture of his pine tree after it was struck by lightning. Quite often we see lightning split trees in half and other times, we see the path it takes to the ground through the tree with just a line. He said the bark from the tree blew all over the yard and the thunder was tremendous. And just think, lightning is 5 times hotter than the sun! But it’s why typical summer storms turn very dangerous. We’ll have more storms over the next few days so remember, when it roars get indoors!
