Severe weather alerts across Oregon

SALEM, Ore. – A series of powerful and dangerous thunderstorms began roaring through western Oregon Thursday afternoon, prompting multiple warnings from the National Weather Service. A rare Tornado warning was issued briefly for parts of Marion County. In a rare move, the Rose Festival announced the closure of the Waterfront Village for the remainder of the evening. East of Salem, Highway 22 was delayed at Mill City due to multiple trees down along the highway. In Stayton, the Fire Department reported isolated trees and power lines down. In Albany, a KGW viewer captured a photo of lightning strikes over the city. ODOT reported trees down on Hwy 213 near Silverton. The right lane of I-5 NB was blocked by a downed tree at MP 268 was between Woodburn and Salem. KGW Chief Meteorologist Matt Zaffino said the storms were coming off the Cascades foothills and developing very rapidly. The storm was also causing power outages across western Oregon. At 5 p.m., PGE estimated that about 18,000 customers were without power Zaffino said the storms were developing at nearly 30,000 feet -- making an intense combination of wind, hail, rain and lightning. An intense line of radar activity could be seen from the Oregon Coast, through Albany and across the Cascade Range. The threat of thunderstorms was expected to last through about 9 p.m. A 14-year-old La Pine boy was in fair condition in a Portland hospital Thursday after he was struck by lightning on Wednesday outside a high school gymnasium in LaPine in Central Oregon. More than 5,000 lightning strikes were recorded across the state on Wednesday.

Storm in our area

There is a severe storm in our area right now. It is raining so hard. Can't barely see something outside. Hopefully this will last few minutes from now. It is so dark here. Well, it's good to take a nap though and all I want to do is crawl on my bed..We have been getting bad weather for last few days. It's been raining and thunderstorms are very scary. I wish that this weather will be back to normal soon.

Happy Sunday

When I get up this morning, it was cold. It was 44 degrees outside. Whheewww!.. It is officially spring time but still we are having cold weather sometimes. Maybe this is the kind of weather here in Mississippi. Hopefully it will get back to normal in the next few days. Well, I just need to get use to it. And also things went great at the church. The sermon was great and everyone had a great time hearing God's word. I admit I was sleepy at church today because lately, I am having a hard time sleeping. Well, I don't really know and my husband said, we need to get some sleeping pills for me so that my sleeping routine gets back to normal. I guess that's it guys. I hope you are having a great time your family right now. Happy Sunday!

Have a great day everyone

Good morning everyone. Great to be here once again. I hope everyone is having a great day. Is it raining in your area?Well here in our area it has been raining for the past few days. In fact there's a Turnado somewhere in here yesterday. Last night the lighting and thunder are so scary. The ground was shaking..Today, it's not raining and hopefully it will not rain again. Hope you guys are having a nice breakfast at the moment. Have a great day ahead.