Historic outbreak Sunday: The aftermath

[CrazyC83]

SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 4:57 AM EST MONDAY 13 MARCH 2006.
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WATCHES/WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR:
=NEW= WINDSOR - ESSEX - CHATHAM-KENT
=NEW= SARNIA - LAMBTON
=NEW= RODNEY - SHEDDEN - WESTERN ELGIN COUNTY
=NEW= STRATHROY - KOMOKA - WESTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY.

IMO, that should be a Tornado Watch, not a Severe Thunderstorm Watch.

[Pebbles]

Just checking in fast from chicago. We were ok but those storms sure came through with a roar over here by midway! WHEW what a ride! No damage here but an there was significate damage to some buildings right by my cousin in bridgeview.. her's is ok though. Seems another apartment building lost its roof and there's quite a bit of debris from several other buildings that were damaged. 100 peeps were evacuated from the area and 6 garages were flattened. They say on the local news it was caused by a microburst. A few people were sent to hospital with minor injuries and released. Really lucky considering the area is heavily populated.

[Lindaloo]

Hey Pebbles!! Long time no see. (((HUGS)))

[Pebbles]

Hey Lindaloo *snuggles big* not really back quite yet! But ya know I always come crawling outta the woodwork when tropics season comes around!

[WaitingForSiren]

Alright I have decided to change the name of this topic, and now we will use it to discuss the aftermath of this historic outbreak, quite possibly the biggest March tornado outbreak on record (not quite too sure, havent researched it a lot). But with 114 reports in, it really makes you wonder if it is the biggest. Anyway, this topic will now be used to discuss the f-strength of the tornadoes, deaths and stuff of that nature. So if you hear anything about that, post it here. Thanks.

[SamSagnella]

I would expect the actual number of confirmed tornadoes to be less than half of the 114 reports on the SPC page. This is mainly due to the fact that many of the tornadoes were of a LONG-tracked nature, and thus were likely reported multiple times as separate tornadoes, when in fact 'they' were just 'it.'

[CrazyC83]

I've counted about 40 actual tornadoes yesterday, assuming close, in line reports were indeed the same tornado, not multiple twisters.

Since Thursday, there have been at least 60 tornadoes.

[conestogo_flood]

Has anything been confirmed yet?

[CrazyC83]

So far, only the 5 tornadoes on Thursday plus an F3 on Saturday night that killed 2.

[SamSagnella]

So far I can confirm 11 since Thursday -- 5 in AR, 1 in MS on thurs -- 5 in MO on Sat night.

Confirmed Tornadoes of 2006

[Wahoo]

Talk about a lot going on in the past few days. I'm just now getting some of the rain and what is left of the weather that hit yesterday. Looks like I may get one nice thunderstorm but the rest of the storms look more likely to hit the Rochester area. (where I was born and raised) I know that Rochester got a bigger thunder storm this morning, but i don't know how bad (or not) it was.

[CrazyC83]

The Sevier F0 tornado is a new one.

The SPC says there could have been as many as 138 tornadoes in this outbreak. http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/torn/mont ... stats.html

[drezee]

* FATALITIES: 2 KNOWN ON THIS SEGMENT OF THE STORM. 2 FATALITIES WERE
RESIDENTS OF A MOBILE HOME WHO TRIED TO FLEE SAID
RESIDENCE...BUT UPON DOING SO GOT IN THEIR CAR.
THE TORNADO PICKED UP THE CAR AND THREW IT INTO A
PROPANE TANK...AND BOTH PASSENGERS DIED AS A RESULT.

From MO tornado last night:
That is sad.

[Skywatch_NC]

* FATALITIES: 2 KNOWN ON THIS SEGMENT OF THE STORM. 2 FATALITIES WERE
RESIDENTS OF A MOBILE HOME WHO TRIED TO FLEE SAID
RESIDENCE...BUT UPON DOING SO GOT IN THEIR CAR.
THE TORNADO PICKED UP THE CAR AND THREW IT INTO A
PROPANE TANK...AND BOTH PASSENGERS DIED AS A RESULT.

From MO tornado last night:
That is sad.

That may have been the Perry Co MO one from Sat. night.

[CrazyC83]

That's a great site! I've been trying to put all that data onto Wikipedia here - http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_ ... k_Sequence

[SamSagnella]

that was Perry MO from sat night.

[SamSagnella]

Confirmed 107 mph downburst at the Quad-Cities Airport in Moline IL.

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1145 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006

...SURVEY OF STORM DAMAGE NEAR THE QUAD CITY AIRPORT IN MOLINE...

A TEAM HAS SURVEYED THE STORM DAMAGE ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE QUAD
CITY AIRPORT IN MOLINE FROM SUNDAY. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE WAS DONE TO
HOMES...TREES...POWER LINES...AND OUT BUILDINGS ON THE WEST SIDE OF
THE AIRPORT. THE DAMAGE PATTERN IS CONSISTENT WITH THAT OF A
DOWNBURST OR MICROBURST.

MEASURING EQUIPMENT LOCATED NEARBY AT THE AIRPORT RECORDED A PEAK
WIND GUST OF 107 MPH FROM THE STORM. THIS MEASUREMENT WAS CONFIRMED
WITH BACKUP EQUIPMENT THAT IS OPERATED BY THE FAA.

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..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0748 PM     TSTM WND GST     MOLINE QUAD-CITY AIRPOR 41.45N 90.50W
03/12/2006  M107 MPH         ROCK ISLAND        IL   ASOS           

            CONFIRMED WITH FAA BACKUP EQUIPMENT. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE
            TO HOMES...TREES...POWER LINES...AND OUT BUILDINGS ON THE
            WEST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT. DAMAGE PATTERN CONSISTENT WITH
            A DOWNBURST OR MICROBURST.

And it was a record-breaker too.

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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1130 AM MON MAR 13 2006

...RECORD PEAK WIND GUST SET AT MOLINE...

A RECORD PEAK WIND GUST OF 107 MPH WAS SET AT 7:48 PM SUNDAY MARCH
12TH AT THE QUAD CITY AIRPORT IN MOLINE ILLINOIS.

THE PREVIOUS PEAK WIND GUST WAS 81 MPH SET ON AUGUST 21 1987.

[conestogo_flood]

Was this a super outbreak?!

[CrazyC83]

Well, almost.

14 people dead from all the storms now - 2 Thursday, 2 Saturday, 10 yesterday.

[JonathanBelles]

was that from a tornado? almost cat 2 winds