1989: Thunderstorms in MD's Montgomery County produced some strong winds. Wind gusts lasting about 8 minutes were clocked at 85mph. After everything was said and done, two hundred trees were blown over in 1 city block and 170k people were left powerless for almost a week. The cleanup amounted to a mere $28 million.
1990: up to 4" of rain fell in <1hr on the saturated headwaters of Pipe/Wegee Creeks and the Cumberland Run in SE OH's Belmont County. Walls of muder/water/debris to 20' high and 300' wide resulted in 26 deaths. Some bodies were found 30 miles downstream in the Ohio River.
1991: A 19-year old bulldozer driver jumped into his truck to escape an oncoming tornado near Pleasant Lake, MI. The truck was lifted and spun in the air for 20' and then deposited in mud. The driver walked away with minor scratches. Its unknown how well the bulldozer fared though.
1998: IA's 24-hr rainfall record was set at Atlantic with 13.18". Flooding destroyed 21 homes. Saturated soil around Lake Panorama began sliding into the lake in the PM. 3 homes "cracked" beyond repair as earth sank 12-18".
1 posted on
06/13/2005 9:10:27 PM PDT by
raygun
To: Red Sea Swimmer; OKIEDOC; Dallas59; RIGHT IN LAS VEGAS; Inyo-Mono; Larry Lucido; BradyLS; ...
2 posted on
06/13/2005 9:10:49 PM PDT by
raygun
To: raygun
In other news:
Yassir Arafat is still dead although he may recover at any moment...
3 posted on
06/13/2005 9:16:55 PM PDT by
OSHA
(I,ll be breaf.)
To: raygun
Nice weather in the Heart of Texas today--if anybody cares.
7 posted on
06/13/2005 9:28:48 PM PDT by
basil
(Exercise your Second Amendment--buy another gun today!)
To: raygun
You want weather? I got wheather. It is thundering and lightening at my place right now. That's weather, isn't it?
8 posted on
06/13/2005 9:40:35 PM PDT by
Mind-numbed Robot
(Not all that needs to be done needs to be done by the government.)
To: raygun
Its been raining here for 4 days. I am somewhat damp.
17 posted on
06/14/2005 12:50:20 AM PDT by
Khurkris
(I need a new tagline..let me work on it a while.)
To: raygun
1989: Thunderstorms in MD's Montgomery County produced some strong winds. Wind gusts lasting about 8 minutes were clocked at 85mph. After everything was said and done, two hundred trees were blown over in 1 city block and 170k people were left powerless for almost a week. The cleanup amounted to a mere $28 million. Can anyone say microburst?
18 posted on
06/14/2005 5:07:13 AM PDT by
Fierce Allegiance
(This is not your granddaddy's America...)
To: raygun
Sometime in July of 2003, a very dense high pressure system settled over the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas area and that day the temp went to 114 F. After the temp maxed out, it rained.
The next day, this same compact high pressure moved SW to Brown County and the temp reach 115 F. Again, as soon as it maxed out, a large rain clound developed and it rained almost 2 inches over the entire county that afternoon.
19 posted on
06/14/2005 6:14:19 AM PDT by
Deguello
To: raygun
Heavy snow in Chicago as I'm writing this with thunder and blinding sunshine. That's one for the record books huh?
Uh oh, gotta go, I've got some carolers at the door right now who are demanding figgy pudding...
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