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A Funny Storm Update
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 10:10 pm
by michaelwmoss
Look at the predicted size of the hail:
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
522 PM MDT SAT AUG 7 2004
A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 PM MDT FOR...
KIOWA COUNTY.
NO RECENT TORNADO REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED WITH THIS STORM...
HOWEVER THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THERE IS
STILL RAPID ROTATION WITH THIS STORM.
THE STORM WHICH HAS HAD A LONG HISTORY OF PRODUCING MULTIPLE
TORNADOES WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF ARLINGTON.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM EXPECT A POSSIBLE
TORNADO AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HENS EGGS.
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 10:13 pm
by HalloweenGale
How could a storm with no tornado reports have a tornadic history?
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 10:15 pm
by HalloweenGale
hens eggs are just regular eggs, thats small
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 10:26 pm
by michaelwmoss
It was "Recent" Tornado reports. There were two tornadoes at one time with this storm:
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ... SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
853 PM MDT SAT AUG 07 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0455 PM TORNADO 1 S ARLINGTON 38.32N 103.33W
08/07/2004 KIOWA CO EMERGENCY MNGR
1ST TORNADO ON GROUND AT 455 PM AND REMAINDED ON GROUND
UNTIL AT LEAST 515 PM. A SECOND TORNADO WAS REPORTED
SIMULATANEOUSLY FROM 512 PM TO AT LEAST 515 PM. TORNADOES
MOVES SLOWLY SOUTHEAST. NUMEROUS REPORTS FROM
EM...CSP...SPOTTERS.
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 11:15 pm
by NWIASpotter
Yea, some of those offices have some wierd ways of saying stuff...usually they like to use coins, and then golf ball, tennis, baseball, etc...
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 11:24 pm
by michaelwmoss
Regardless, Hail is Hail. Ever been hit by Hail? I have gotten hit in the back with Golf Ball Sized Hail. NO FUN!!
Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 10:54 am
by NWIASpotter
I've been hit by some pea sized hail, and that hurt pretty bad. I've read in a meteorology textbook that golf ball sized hail can come down at an average speed of around 75 mph. Now thats definatly hurting something.
Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 6:35 pm
by michaelwmoss
I am just very fortunate that it did not hit me in the back of the head!!! Not to mention when the hail was coming down, there were wind gusts of about 65-70 mph!!
Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 6:51 pm
by NWIASpotter
I found the chart that I had previously talked about. Terminal Velocities of Hailstones:
Radius(cm).......Velocity(mph)
.1.......................13
1.......................44
2.......................62
3.......................77
3.5.....................88
Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 6:54 pm
by michaelwmoss
GOOD NIGHT!! It sure felt even harder than that when it hit me!!
