There were four ENI cells moving into the BYZ area, so I did a timeseries on each. The lower-left panel, #12, was on the southern part of the storm cluster. It went on to produce dime-sized hail at 1947z, while the northern parts of the cluster did not have any LSRs (as of 2000z).

The flash rate of this southern storm really increased, peaking at about 1940z.

One thing that I’m not sure about is whether the large drop in lightning rate was real or if it was because I had neglected to move Point #12 in the AWIPS display as the storm continued to move east. I did move it, but the lightning rate didn’t pick back up noticeably. I wonder if, in warnings operation, the meteorologist may forget to move the point(s) and get a false idea of lightning rates. It would be incredibly helpful if, when a point is placed in an ENI polygon, that it would recognize that and continue to move with the polygon (weighted to the center of the polygon?) as long as that polygon existed.

Jason Williams