Weather Diversions 8/18

JFK

AA 4 LAX-JFK diverted to BDL (767)
DL 2 LHR-JFK diverted to BOS (767)
DL 2499 BUF-JFK diverted to SWF (CRJ)
DL 2566 MSP-JFK diverted to MDT (CRJ)
CX 840 HKG-JFK diverted to YYZ (777)
B6 204 LGB-JFK diverted to BUF (A320)
B6 354 BUR-JFK diverted to ROC (A320)
B6 622 HOU-JFK diverted to SWF (A320)
B6 724 NAS-JFK diverted to ACY (A320)
B6 1068 AUS-JFK diverted to ROC (E190)
KE 85 ICN-JFK diverted to EWR (777)
SY 245 MSP-JFK diverted to SWF (737)
UA 348 LAX-JFK diverted to SWF (757)

LGA
FL 509 MKE-LGA diverted to PIT (B717)
F9 1459 MKE-LGA diverted to PIT (E170)
DL 6358 STL-LGA diverted to PIT (CRJ)
US 3516 PIT-LGA diverted to MDT (ERJ)

Intense lightning and rolling thunder but not much rain here in Eastern Nassau.

Yeah............I got caught up in this mess as well. I got delayed about 3 hours from Richmond, VA. When I arrived to JFK (Terminal 2) around 12:30am, there were plenty of folks still waiting to get out of JFK. Definitely no funny waiting around.

Looks like more stuff moving in tonite. Already in NJ.

Man wicked lighting and thunder!! I love listening to the pilots being cautious but also the ballsy ones just taking off in the face of the storm. One helicopter was ibound with the full force of the storm at his back... balls!! I would have landed at Aqueduct lol