Severe Weather in ALASKA!!

[Guest]

It is nothing new, but it does not happen much!

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
525 ADT TUE JUN 14 2005

AKZ145-150225-

525 ADT TUE JUN 14 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SEVERE HAIL. THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER
THE NORTHERN SUSITNA VALLEY APPEAR TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCT
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
THE AREA WITHIN 25 MILES SOUTH TO SOUTH OF CHULITNA.

* UNTIL 630 PM ADT

* AT 520 ADT...
Dopplar Radar Indicated A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CELL
20 MILES SOUTH OF CHULITNA MOVING NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 10 MPH.


A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN GENERATE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH...LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

TAKE COVER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

[AirmaN]

lol that's awesome

[Scorpion]

Global warming.

[tropicana]

Just not to far, in Whitehorse Yukon... the rainfall for June 15 was 26.8mm (just over an inch) ... and there was hail here as well in and around Whitehorse.

It was the 2nd wettest day ever (rainfall) in Whitehorse, second only to a day back in June 1985.

-justin-