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10 years ago today...

#1 Postby CrazyC83 » Fri May 30, 2008 11:42 am

It was 10 years ago today that a major tornado pretty much wiped out much of Spencer, SD. By evening, it turned into one of the most impressive derecho events ever across the Upper Midwest...
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#2 Postby Cyclenall » Fri May 30, 2008 3:04 pm

Radar images of the Derecho? I haven't seen any from the 1998 event.
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#3 Postby CrazyC83 » Fri May 30, 2008 9:11 pm

Cyclenall wrote:Radar images of the Derecho? I haven't seen any from the 1998 event.


http://www.spc.noaa.gov/misc/AbtDerecho ... 98page.htm

That is the whole storyline of the derecho.
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#4 Postby Category 5 » Mon Jun 02, 2008 6:19 pm

That was one heck of a Derecho. How fast was that thing moving?
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