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| Written by Heidi Farrar | |||
| Friday, 12 June 2009 11:05 | |||
 A derecho has taken shape in northeast Oklahoma and is moving rapidly into Arkansas! Damaging winds of 85 MPH and hail the size of baseballs have already been reported in Oklahoma! The Storm Prediction Center has upgraded most of Arkansas into west Tennessee and northern Mississippi to MODERATE RISK, and a PDS Severe Thunderstorm Watch has just been issued, with winds in excess of 100 MPH and 3"+ hail possible!!
Also below are some photos of the tornado and storm structure Verne Carlson witnessed last night in eastern Colorado; the tornado itself was very hard to see and photograph due to the danger of baseball sized hail falling and a heavy rain curtain!
           
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Re:Moderate Risk! Derecho heading for lower Mississippi Valley!
Jun 13 2009 00:22:54 Cpdenton wrote:
I live just outside Conway. We had a tornado warning issue and the first signs of Doppler indicated rotation were right at our area. We had lots of tree and power line damage within a couple miles of our house. I think a lot of people have it a lot worse than we did. Just lost some of the shingles on the west side of our house. Power will be out a while though. I hope there weren't anyone hurt. That must have been a bit worrying. Pleased everyone ok. Seems as though there have been a fair bit of damage, like trees down, power out etc.. Was watching the live streams of Conway as the storm passed through, amazing. And looking at it now, you wouldn't think they had anything there at all, nice and sunny and dry! |
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Re:Moderate Risk! Derecho heading for lower Mississippi Valley!
Jun 13 2009 09:53:39 Spent hours watching this event unfold.
Didnt move from the computer till gone 01.00 UK time. Just incredible 
The live streams were awesome and gave a graphic indication of just how fierce it got out there. My best event so far on TVN. So thanks to all 
Still got to catch that Tornado on the Streams though. Patience patience ! |
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Moderate Risk! Derecho heading for lower Mississippi Valley!
Jun 14 2009 03:21:20 This was alot of fun. I got a picture of the funnel rain wrapped to the point i couldn't tell if it was on the ground. I found out later that it didn't touch down. The wind was approximately 65-75mph where i was, and was causing small debris-limbs to go flying everywhere. Not really that strong, but i got nervous to the point i went into a ditch to get right up against a hill on the west side. It was still rocking my vehicke pretty good.
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