Meanwhile, a very solid rain system has arrived in West TN this morning, at long long last. Before now, mostly popcorn thunderstorms, some of them super-downpours but not very useful. (i.e. typical West TN mid-late summer.)
Humidity was so high, that I heard one thunderbolt last a good minute or longer this morning. It was creepy.

Sounded like the thunder was slowly getting nearer and nearer WHICH THUNDER SHOULD NOT DO! -- and then passed by.