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All warnings lifted as of 12:13am, Wednesday.
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JohnGaul on 1/06/2010 11:51am
Should be a heavy rain warning, or non-electrical squall rather than a STW, I would think?
JohnGaul
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Andrew on 1/06/2010 9:07am
There’s nothing on the lightning Tracker….. anywhere….. Interesting…..
Andrew