5/28/12 Wild Holiday Weather

Many cities broke records highs this Memorial Day Weekend including Nashville, Chicago, Cleveland, St. Louis, and many more. In fact, the Indy 500 had the hottest race temperature ever at 91°, but it was one degree shy of the Indianapolis daily record. The race track reached temperatures up to 130° at it's highest.

The other big story for the holiday weekend was Tropical Storm Beryl. A total of 4" of rain fell in only 4 hours at Luraville, FL this morning. Most other coastal locations picked up between 3-6" of rain total. Some areas farther inland in Georgia and the Carolinas will receive up to 8 inches when the storm finally moves out later this week. Beryl packed enough of a punch to bring down numerous trees and power lines around Neptune, Beach, Florida, as seen in the picture below.

Trees and power lines were also down in parts of Flagler Beach, Florida and Camden county, Georgia. There were also reports of a tornado touchdown in Port Saint Lucie, Florida where several homes were damaged. One of those such downed trees decided to fall into Donald Arbo's house in St. Simons Island in Georgia (seen below).

On the opposite spectrum, parts of Montana and Wyoming saw snowfall. Below is a picture of Lewiston, Montana this morning. It was 32°F with snow falling.

Sources:  Associated Press, Weather Channel, The Indy Channel, CMJ Digital, James Spann