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Severe Weather/Wind on September 13-14, 2008 (Pg1) |
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Hurricane Ike made landfall along the Texas Gulf Coast
early on September 13th. Ike went inland around 2 am CDT near Galveston, Texas as a Category 2 storm.
Maximum sustained winds were around 110 mph. |
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picture: Ike tracked around high pressure ("H") in the
southeast United States. A storm system aloft ("L") approaching from the
west quickly swept the remnants of Ike from the Texas Gulf Coast
through Arkansas and into the Ohio Valley. |
| The system tracked around high pressure over the southeast United States. This
took Ike
into northeast Texas, southeast Oklahoma and then into western Arkansas. A system aloft and associated
cold front approaching from the west caused Ike to accelerate
along this expected track. |
| As Ike neared Arkansas from the southwest during the
afternoon and evening of the 13th, scattered thunderstorms popped up in
rainbands swirling around the system. |
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picture: The WSR-88D (Doppler Weather Radar) showed Ike ("L")
approaching Arkansas from the southwest at 524 pm CDT on 09/13/2008. To
the northeast of the system, isolated tornadoes were spawned
in outer rainbands. |
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A few of these storms
spawned weak short-lived tornadoes...mostly in central Arkansas. |
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picture: Probabilities (in %) of helicity (representing the potential
for rotating winds) reaching at least 150 m2/s2 from 1 am CDT to 7 pm
CDT on 09/13/2008. The graphics in the loop are courtesy of the Storm
Prediction Center. |
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| There is more information concerning
severe weather and wind on September 13th and 14th. To check out the rest of the story, click
here. |
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