Thursday August 17th 2023

The day started overcast and humid. As the afternoon began so did the thunderstorms. The area was filled with lots of little thunderstorms. The term little applies to the size of the storm not the intensity. Some of the storms were packed with lightening and most had plenty of rain. The first storm over my RV park was at 1PM. It didn’t last long and I headed out for some errands shortly after it passed. I drove into the same storm or possible a different one a few miles away, but I was out of it quickly. The pattern repeated all afternoon. Circumnavigating most of Jacksonville I passed through six different episodes of heavy rain.

It was dry when I returned to my RV home. I assume that it didn’t rain during the three hours between the time I departed after the first storm and my return. The next and I think final storm of the day, arrived over the RV park at 6PM. It probably developed very near by as there was no indication on radar a few minutes before it hit. The storm dropped lots of rain over the course of a few minutes. As the sun set a nice red glow was on the horizon.