Yes, it’s raining in Dover. Chubby rain drops as the sun tries to peek through overcast skies.
The rain has put a halt to the final Sprint Cup Series practice of the day here.
But what this shower is a prelude to is on the minds of many here.
The radar looks ugly and in the words of one crew member on pit road preparing for the Nationwide Series Heluva Good 200: “There’s fixin’ to be some real ugly boomers here in an hour.”
Last night there were predictions of scattered afternoon thunderstorms for the Dover area this afternoon. This morning that forecast was changed to expected severe afternoon thunderstorms.
Now, with increasingly overcast skies overtaking the speedway, the National Weather Service has issued tornado warnings for the Dover area for the afternoon.
Should the race be called off because of weather the race would likely be run Monday
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