News DetailCategory 5 Dean Last Night!! Now Cat 3 Inland
Posted At: August 21, 2007 @ 9:00 AM
Posted By: JY
Related Categories: Hurricanes
Here is a visible satellite of Cat 3 Dean moving over land:
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Last night:
Dean was officially upgraded to the first Category Five hurricane of the 2007 Hurricane Season
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As of the 11pm update with the NHC, Dean has winds of 160 mph, with higher gusts. The winds could actually be higher. We will find out in a couple of hours with the next Hurricane Hunter flight.
This year the Hurricane Hunters have a new instrument called a Stepped Frequency Microwave Radiometer, also known as SMURF. This allows an instantaneous measurement of surface wind speed by measuring sea foam! The radiometer is attached on the wing of the WC-130J's and also measures rainfall rates.
Unlike a dropsonde (the instrument that is manually dropped in the storm to get a vertical profile measurement of the atmosphere) the radiometer stays in place through the flight.
Reed will be back online tomorrow with more Dean updates, included footage from Jamaica!
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Last night:
Dean was officially upgraded to the first Category Five hurricane of the 2007 Hurricane Season
As of the 11pm update with the NHC, Dean has winds of 160 mph, with higher gusts. The winds could actually be higher. We will find out in a couple of hours with the next Hurricane Hunter flight.
This year the Hurricane Hunters have a new instrument called a Stepped Frequency Microwave Radiometer, also known as SMURF. This allows an instantaneous measurement of surface wind speed by measuring sea foam! The radiometer is attached on the wing of the WC-130J's and also measures rainfall rates.
Unlike a dropsonde (the instrument that is manually dropped in the storm to get a vertical profile measurement of the atmosphere) the radiometer stays in place through the flight.
Reed will be back online tomorrow with more Dean updates, included footage from Jamaica!
It's me again under Reed's name, just to avoid any confusion!
The eye on dean is nuts, defiantely the strongest its been yet! The convection around the eye is rediculous. I wouldn't be surprised if the pressure is lower and winds are even bumped up further in the next outlook. Just hope there isn't many people left in the path. The island of cabo norte is right in the path and will hit in the next 2 hours.
This is going to hit the Yucatan stronger than Andrew in 1992... the pressure with Andrew at landfall in S. Florida was 922 mb (just to put it in perspective). The pictures tomorrow are not going to be good.
Last outlook out before landfall:
Winds remain 160 pressure is now 911 MB
I can't sleep! This is insane! Not the hurricane...my fantasy football addiction. How did Indy's 4th string running back fare tonight? How is LJ Smith's groin? Ask me I know!
New update on the hurricane...no wind increase. Hard to believe...this storm looks perfect. Weather Channel ("Hurricane Central") reports good news for mexico...Cancun and Cozumel will not get much from the storm. Thank God. They can't shoot Girls Gone Wild in Punta Allen.
Jenae! How do you like your duties as administrator? One suggestion...more exclamation points!!! Reed uses them a lot! Even when they are not necessary!
Rick, it's JY on tv.net!!!!!!!!!!
Reed may be disappointed in the lack of exclamation points that for sure!
I'm trying to look up lowest pressures for Atlantic storms at landfall, but I just took some tylenol pm, so that search may end shortly!
Rick, I have a fantasy football party in two weeks, I may need to consult with you for picks. I told Reed you guys didn't want me in your football league cause of what happened with the NCAA tournament!!
Update! 909 mb!!
Anyone notice that mariner warning circle that's been growing off the coast? Looks like we might have hurricane #2 threatening florida east coast and northward.
Wow, The Weather Channel has recently reported 907mb for the lowest reading, but I think they said it went up slightly due the storm starting to interact with land.
Also, the hurricane looks incredible from the satellite imagery. I hope no one loses their life. This hurricane is very interesting from a meteorological point-of-view. I am sure the people in the area probably would disagree! I imagine there will be a lot of damage in areas even though the hurricane went South of populated areas.
Ignore my past post on the pressure reading...
Now TWC reporting 906MB.
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL042007
225 AM EDT TUE AUG 21 2007
DROPSONDE DATA FROM THE AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT
INDICATE THAT THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IN THE EYE OF HURRICANE
DEAN IS NOW 909 MB...26.84 INCHES.
To clarify my last post, the 906 MB reading was from what The Weather Channel received from the aircraft just before landfall. This is confirmed in the 4:00 AM report from the NHC. I only quoted the part related to the pressure reading.
HURRICANE DEAN ADVISORY NUMBER 33
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL042007
400 AM CDT TUE AUG 21 2007
THE HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE REPORTED A MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 906 MB...26.75 INCHES...JUST BEFORE LANDFALL.
The full report can be found online at:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT4+shtml/210857.shtml
Date: Aug. 21, 2007
Time: 8:00 a.m. ET
Winds: 125 mph
Strength: Cat. 3
Direction: Moving west-northwest near 20 mph
Latitude: 18.9 N
Longitude: 88.7 W
anyone speak to reed or joel? is their plane departing on time?
Reed is about to board his plane...he just took a picture with Mike Sleidel.
looks as if deans path has been a stroke of luck for mexico.....so far that is
After killing 13 people in the Caribbean, it made landfall in a lesser populated coastline and skirted most of the tourist resorts where tourists had been evacuated. It weakened within hours to a Category 2 storm, with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph. full report at http://www.pr-inside.com/hurricane-dean-s-path-a-stroke-of-r203913.htm
So far so good for Dean in the Yucatan, but I don't know if we are going to say that once it makes landfall again south of Tampico. With the mountains, and heavy rain, landslides and flash flooding will not be good.
In 2005, Stan made landfall further south, and caused an estimated 1500 fatalities. Most don't remember Stan, but that name along with several others were retired during the 2005 season.
I think I remember Stan...
Didn't it bury entire towns under 40 feet of mud? Or at least something similar to that?
I don't remember how much mud.. but I remember that the storm was barely hurricane strength. Of course tropical storms can cause deaths too, in 2001, Tropical Storm Allison, the only T.S. name to be retired, dumped over 40 inches of rain in Houston, and caused around 40 deaths.
Hurricane Stan... Wikipedia does a pretty good job with their biographies of past hurricanes (click name)
Wow... I had pretty much forgotten that one too.
here you go biography of hurricane stan if anyone is interested from wikipedia.....
Hurricane Stan was the eighteenth named tropical storm and eleventh hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It was also the sixth of seven tropical cyclones (three hurricanes, two of them major, three tropical storms and one tropical depression) to make landfall in Mexico. Stan was a relatively weak storm that only briefly reached hurricane status. It was embedded in a larger non-tropical system of rainstorms that dropped torrential rains in the Central American countries of Guatemala and El Salvador and in southern Mexico, causing flooding and mudslides that led to at least 1,662 and possibly up to 2,000 deaths; Stan is estimated to be directly responsible for 80 of these. Damage totaled between $1 to $2 billion (2005 USD).[1]
I went through Allison in Houston. I didn't know it was the only TS name ever retired. Cool :)
It will be interesting to see how the village of Majahual fared, since it took a direct hit. The good news is that the entire town was evacuated beforehand. Under my name is a previous photo of the village (don't know how old the photo is).
Also, want to know how the Sian Ka'an nature reserve came through, hopefully it wasn't too ravaged.
Geez... "Minnesota residents escape flooding through roofs"
campeche mexico getting hammered by dean. now live on cnn. chris lawrence
When Jamaica Joel and Rasta Reed get back to the U.S., hopefully they'll have a complete breakdown of Dean along with some good footage!
The trip may have been bittersweet in a way, considering they missed out on that freakish Oklahoma "tropical storm." That can't happen too often.
Joe, the eye was less than 30 miles from the southern edge of the reserve, about 100 from it's north end. It probably took a good hit.
The eye passed right over several small towns ~40 miles inland. Fairly populated place there around the intersection of hwys 293 and 307.
Sounded like FedMex was doing a good job evacutaing, so hopefully things will be ok down there.
Yeah, it does sound like they did a real good job with the evacuations! It will probably take a long time to survey all the damage and casualties since there are so many rural communities.
Just saw this in a recent article:
"The storm, which killed at least 13 people across the Caribbean, was expected to push a surge of seawater 12 to 18 feet above normal tides onto the coast and dumped huge amounts of rain on the low-lying Yucatan Peninsula, where thousands of Mayan Indians live in stick huts in isolated communities. ... The governor said 250 small communities were evacuated, but local media reported that others turned away soldiers with machetes and refused to leave."
It would be interesting if there was any way to study wildlife and hurricanes effects. Of course hurricanes are natural, but over water, kills many birds each year.
I asked Jack Bevens with the NHC about this once, but he had no idea. Of course I sort of asked him in a joking matter, but he was very serious.
I'm sure most of you saw this in the morning update with the NHC:
DEAN MADE LANDFALL ON THE EAST COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA NEAR THE CRUISE SHIP PORT OF COSTA MAYA AROUND 0830 UTC... BASED ON THE DROPSONDE AND THE FLIGHT-LEVEL WINDS...THE INTENSITY IS SET AT 145 KT. THE 906 MB CENTRAL PRESSURE IS THE NINTH LOWEST ON RECORD FOR AN ATLANTIC BASIN HURRICANE THE THIRD LOWEST AT LANDFALL BEHIND THE 1935 LABOR DAY HURRICANE IN THE FLORIDA KEYS AND HURRICANE GILBERT OF 1988 IN CANCUN MEXICO. DEAN IS ALSO THE FIRST CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE TO MAKE LANDFALL IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN SINCE ANDREW OF 1992.
We are mighty proud of you Mr. Timmer here at the WETSPOT!! Go get'em tiger.
Not many detailed reports coming out of Mexico yet, it would seem... so far, "so good". With the path Dean chose to take, avoiding Jamaica (and the possibility of horrible flash-flooding in Haiti), and then hitting such a rural area of the Yucatan, it's possible the name Dean won't even be retired, since the names are retired based on destruction & death toll. Knock on wood
I know i am banned and all, and not supposed to post here...but, just wanted to say awesome coverage of the hurricane...even though they were way out of position on the north side...the site itself was aliveeeee. Constant updates.
I wonder how many exclamation marks and jfsdkfvsjfs and AAAAAAAAAAAAs will be in the first post-Jamaica report?! :D
dead is weakining for the momont..... but TWC says that it may get up to a cat 2 before land fall again
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Here is a link to Mexican radar.
http://smn.cna.gob.mx/radares/radares.html
It's always kind of amusing to watch Wall Street, and the rest of the financial world, cringe and twitch whenever these big ol hurricanes are blowing through. These Atlantic storms truly have become worldwide events
what is your most favorite type of vortex?
exzample mine is a fire whirle!
Don't play with matches Caleb!
Me + Stupid friends + matches + a mild case of ADD = fuuuuuuuunnnnnnnnn!! lol
BTW, hey everyone! How's the weather where you are?
Cloudy. There is a chance more south of me tomorrow im going to see tomorrows outlooks before I decide
It's HOT again here. 98 today ... at least it's not 105.
My prediction for tonight: Iowa will experience yet another MCS. I know, I'm waaaaay out on a limb...
Hey Heidi,
Fun with grlevel...
Watch Sioux Falls radar for the next hour or two. There's a storm firing by Lake Andes that I'll bet is going to go nuts.
good call andrew...that cell you mentioned fired up FAST...tornado watches are up for that area so the conditions are there...
I do not play with matches unless of an emergancey!!!
Tornado watch out for nebracka (is spelled right)
severe studios is on these cells...hopefully they can get some good footage...
Here comes the split on the cell by lake Andes! This thing is a beast!
suddenly we have a couplet too... good eyes andrew
severe studios is about to intercept the cell in charles mix county, sd...the cell is looking beautiful on thier live cam!
And it is tor warned. Nice hook, what a mean looking storm!
that cell to the south just got warned too
Looks like if severstudios is heading to the southern cell that they are going to have to sample the core... ouch.
im glad you boys see that hook too...!!! anyone else watching SS's livecam???
defiently looks like they are punching the core...thier wipers are going ape$shit!!!
that cell to the south that just got warned (in Nebraska) also had a funnel cloud according to the alert
The only thing that could ruin this is the cell to the south of the nasty one... it just might mess the whole thing up...
ah... never mind, I just looked at that cell and it is tor warned too... wow.
Ya brandon im watching SS's live cam
its totally looking like these cells are going to merge =/...
the satellite imagery of these cells is phenominal looking...maybe heidi will get her mcs afterall!!!????!!
Softball sized hail has been confirmed with this storm, should be interesting to see what happens if they core it!
Those two cells are going to form into one bye the looks of things
it's all starting to form into a classic HF (Heidi Formation) (MCS)
A TORNADO HAS FORMED OVER WESTERN BON HOMME COUNTY..ABOUT 10 MILES
WEST OF TYNDALL. IT WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH AND
SHOULD MOVE TO THE SOUTH OF TYNDALL.
i guess its confirmed?
Hey all!! ya all watchin SD too I see!!
Quick question yall. Which of the GRLevelX programs would be the best one to buy?
textbook hook on the cell between spencer and yankton!!!
Matt Chat, where did the wording "a tornado has formed" come from? All I get is in my warning is, "a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado." Thx
@Connor: I bought GRlevel3
Hey Joe how much is GRlevel3. Cause im thinking about buying it.
Thanks Joe. Any reason that one is better than the other two?
$80 after the trial expires
Man thats alot. Ok because my trail peroid ended so i was thinking about buying it maybe for next year. But the only thing about GR is that it doesnt cover Canada(i dont think)
Connor, GR3 is the one designed for chasers, in fact I read somewhere that over 90% of chasers get that version. It has a tie-in for GPS, etc.
Sounds perfect for me. Thanks Joe!
Matt I have no clue what they use in Canada
Hey guys...just arrived in Atlanta...it was not easy getting out of there.
Unfortunately, I forgot my firewire cable and won't be able to upload the footage until we get back.
It's great to finally see some satellite images of Dean!!
Thanks to JY for the TEXTBOOK updates.
Nice storm in SD?!
WELCOME BACK GUYS!!! :D
I'm considering buying grlevel3 also, because SwiftWX will only do so much, and after you use gr3 for a bit, it'll spoil you I guess ;) We'll see... I'm about $3 away from "poor bastard" finacial level. lol
It's hot as Hades here, with more slight storm chances later this week :)
Nice to see he still speaks (types) the same!!
WELCOME BACK!! man
Ya welcome back guys
Hey guys, glad you're back safely! Yeah, pretty exciting in SD now. My area was pretty exciting last night Reed. I had an August supercell! :D
Here's to Reed being back!!
AAAAAAAAAHFJK:SFLDJAS:DFJ:J!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!L:kad:aJLD:AJSDFDFASKL:DFASDFK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
haha Connor. Cheers!
what the heck does that mean-you guys drive me NUTS!! when you do that! lol-can you teach a 40 yoa some new language?
Odd... just got this tornado warning on my screen...
6:54 PM
TV.NET SITED IN ATLANTA GEORGIA... EXPECTED MOVEMENT TO THE WEST IN NEXT SEVERAL HOURS... ALL TORNADOES ARE WARNED TO TAKE SHELTER
Hehe!!
joe that is to funny Its the TV.NET WARNING
lol Awesome Joe. :D aklajdjahkjhshfdshf!
LOL Joe that's awesome!!
Why can't I get my warnings to show up on GRLevel3??
Joe, you forgot one important safety topic: LARGE HAIL CAN HURT YOU!!
Nevermind I got it
!!$%$-will my 13 yoa know what that means??-lol--Heidi when you get online-help a fellow girl out! (by the way-thanks Joe-for the GR3 info-I'm gonna save up and get it!)
Susan, our language isn't hard to use... just whenever you're excited use a lot of "!!!!!!!!!!!", throw in a few "AAAAAAAAAAAAA"s, and the occasional "ASDFGHDFGASGZXC" and you should be fine!!!!!
HAHA!!
I wonder what happened to that guy who intercepted Dean in Mexico last night!!
Hopefully we'll hear from him soon. It would have been INSANE to be there...we thought that was going to happen in Jamaica during daylight. Fortunately for the Jamaicans the worst case scenario did not pan out!
I heard that Kingston has been separated into a "safe" and "unsafe" zone.
Ya its always excitement and in Reeds case sometimes anger because he didnt chase that day.
If no one has any objections, I am issuing a tornado warning on the cell near Yankton, SD.
It's just too nasty looking to not issue one
GR3 is great for WIV's too!!
I can do that-I just have to write down for the future use-ASDFGHDFGASGZXC!!-and leave it taped to the computer--should get exciting arond my area tonight-flood watches and warnings up the wazoo in my area-and I live by a creek!! will be alot of !!%$# tonite if we get a lot of rain!!!!!
Reed, welcome back!
The "hurricane josh" guy apparently is fine. From what I gather on the other board he got hit by the southern eyewall, not the northern, and he was in a pretty sturdy concrete structure.
I would like to see his video.
Now if it was NMEA compatible!!
I wonder if we can drive to south of Tampico by tomorrow afternoon.
If anyone would like to see some freaky slc's (scary looking clouds) severstudios has a nice feed up right now.
Thanks Andrew!
Man that is freaky Andrew
Andrew, that's the cell I was talking about a few posts above :)
And now it's tornado warned!! I beat them to it!!
The live cam just went off the air, but the meso they were filming was almost touching the ground. Crazy looking storm.
I think we just watched one of the most TEXTBOOK (sorry Reed had to borrow it) supercells that I have ever seen in my limited experience. Initiation, split, hook, couplet, warning.
And spotters reporting 8" HAIL with this beast! I saw tops near 70,000 feet on grlevel.
TEXTBOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lol.
Hehe!! Nice storm!! wish it would come this way!!
Wow, that DOES sound like a great storm. It should make a swing south, I'd like to see it ;)
No No... North!! hehe
It's right between us AJ!
Now Iowa's getting in on the action. Nicest couplet I've seen tonight near Storm Lake.
No, Brady, NO MORE RAIN! Pleeeeease.
lol I suppose!! we only had a lil drizzle here!! Thats it!!
The lake won't let it rain here anymore!!
I haven't heard a lawn mower in weeks!!
Sad thing is Brady, now after our 2 inches from yesterday, that'll be my job for about a week :(
Hehe!! I imagine mowing in KS isnt as exciting as it is here!!
In Minny its an adventure every time!!
Well, I have dreaded Bermuda grass to mow... it's like trying to mow a sponge, it just won't cut! Also, a trip to the dumpster every stripe or so is often. I dread it!
ick! I hear ya there!! In these parts the grass cuts just fine... prob cuz we're always replacing our blades!!
Our rocks don't cut so swift!! And then the neighbors get mad... Like I was aiming for there window!! cmon
In the case of MY neighbors, I might actually BE aiming for them... lol.
Now I think my new job will be "tree removal specialist", aka: old dead fallen branch picker-upper! Tell me which job to fear the most.
Man maybe two storms in two nights in Omaha! The video camera is fully charged tonight. I won't make the same mistake as last night with a half charged battery that ran out right when the going got good :(
Tree removal specialist aka Lumberjack!! Now thats a job to fear!
Up here that doesn't mean dead branch picker... That means Move that big fkn norway pine so I have a better view of da lake!!
welcome back reed and joel...glad you boys are safe...also looking forward to seeing your footage...!!!
haha Yeah, that'd be a job to fear Brady. I'd probably just pick up an old stick laying there, say "Go around to the other side of the fkn lake!", and collect my wad.
That sounds satisfying enough. lol
Here is the SPC hail report for the beast tonight. (425 is the hail size-I'm not sure what that means in inches, but it's LARGE).
OUCH!
2300 425 1 S DANTE CHARLES MIX SD 4303 9819 BROKEN WINDOWS IN SPOTTERS CAR.
Reminds me of Reed's insane hail video where everyone was putting on helmets and Reed's screaming, "Close your eyes!" Lol.
LOL!!!!!!!
heidi...its looking like your prediction for another mcs in iowa tonight is right on the money haha...!!!
Yeah Andrew, I'd definitely be taking cover in the car! Helmet, goggles, blanket, the hole bit! lol
Remind me to never work in forestry, Brady. lol
Well everyone, I'm off for the night. Kind of early, but a live concert is calling me :D Peace, and goodnight!
Have fun!!
I was reading about an f4 that killed 15 and injured 105 just north of me back in '69! Aug 6th. Wow
Reed and Joel have finally boarded in Atlanta and should be home in a few hours. I am sure he will be online soon after that.
Hehe! Thats great news!! TY Mrs. Timmer!!
Well, it looks like I missed a lot of action. I was watching a movie - The Lives of Others. I recommend it ...
I do have to say that I felt some shame in seeing that, in my absence, one Joe Surfer took it upon himself to coin a new official weather term, forever linking MY NAME with the letters M, C and S, in that order. Thanks Joe. Easy for you to take such things so lightly when you live in the land of the banana slug. :-D
Nice call on the supercell situation in the Sioux Falls area, Andrew. I've had the GR on since you mentioned it, and it's pretty awesome to watch the loop!
Susan, I'm glad to see that the boys enlightened you about alghsdlgfsdlf and AAAAAAAAAA. Use it only in special, special situations. ;-D
Finally, nice to hear from Reed, of course. Tomorrow's post ought to be AAAAAAAAAAAAA sdnsdljsdlfjsoajgj!!!!!!!!!!!!!
or dead asleep smt :D ( im glad they are back!) that was some trip on that notice, my hat whent off when i first hearded of it but then again i wouldnt be on this site if it wasnt for their mentality! (and awesome vids ofcourse)
aaahhhh.... Classic rock concerts always do the soul good Brady ;)
It's great to here from them Reed's mom. Thanks! Now I need to practice my lsjdfhsdhf's. lol
G'nite all!
Heidi, there you are finally.
Nice call on the Iowa MCS! LOL.
I'm starting to think you could be a pretty darn good weather forecaster, at least in August- oh, and just forecast for Iowa, lol.
I'm going to jump all over this one and forecast 2 more MCS's for Iowa the next 2 nights.
In all seriousness, tomorrow night looks almost identical to tonight's set up, at least for tornadoes in Nebraska/southern South Dakota again. Maybe even a better chance than tonight.
Maybe if Reed and Joel get enough sleep they can hop in the car, oh, about 4 am and get to northern Nebraska in time for the show- c'mon guys, no rest for the weary!!
We had nice weather here in Vancouver (Portland area) today.
Also, Hurricane Dean does not look very impressive on the satellite imagery after going over the Yucatan compared to previous days. However, I am sure it can still be dangerous with 80 MPH winds (currently) and the possible flash floods. NHC says it is running out of time to become a major hurricane, again.
I've landed and am back at home. Reed's a couple of hours behind because we couldn't get on the same flight from Atlanta to OKC.
We spent 6 hours at the Jamaica airport this morning. It was probably 90 degrees with around an 80 dewpoint and no wind. I feel sorry for the people who had to sit by us on the way back.
From hurricanes to tornadoes. As soon as Reed lands we're gonna have to talk about the possibilities in Nebraska tomorrow. After a quick glance, looks like there could be some nice supercells with the potential for a couple of hoses.
Joel
Oh Young Joel...
Welcome back Joel.
I wish your Mom was posting on here too, because I want to ask both your moms what they put in your oatmeal when you were young. You know, I was actually joking when I said no rest for the weary...
You guys are NUTS (lol).
Reed and Joel,
Welcome back! I am glad you guys made it back safe!!! I look forward to your report, videos, and photos.
Joel, we need some WIV time stat.
Does anyone know what the windspeeds were estimated to be in the Jarrell, TX tornado? I'm reading about it and the reports of what this tornado did are absolutely unbelievable.
"It is believed that in the field where the tornado developed, it ripped the corn husks out of the ground by the millions and then impaled the cows in the next field. The tornado lifted the cows and dropped them on the ground multiple times, breaking their legs."
"The first Williamson County Sheriff's Deputy to arrive on the scene was unfamiliar with that particular area — he saw the path of the tornado by the damaged earth it left behind, but he did not immediately see any typical damaged homes or debris, and called out on the radio that the tornado had not seemed to have produced any damage. He was not aware that the blank land that he was looking at had been, 10 minutes earlier, the Double Creek neighborhood. It was wiped clean — houses were vaporized, concrete slabs were pulverized, and even sewer & water pipes were sucked up out of the ground."
Even the Moore tornado left bits of the houses behind...
wow joel! there is no stopping you! haha did reed tell you that when i phoned i though i was speaking with you...
it was so embarrassing.... cant wait for the video!
Cors - no worries. It was my phone, he just answered it.
Connor - the Gerald, TX tornado was an F5. Interestingly, it was moving very slowly to the SW. One of the reasons for the extensive amount of damage was the slow movement. May 3rd was moving NE around 40 mph so the total time spent over any one spot was much shorter than that of Gerald, giving Gerald much more opportunity to wipe the ground clean.
Thanks Joel. Sorry, but just thought I'd point out that I'm 99.9% sure it's spelled Jarrell, not Gerald, unless I'm thinking of a different tornado.
You're right Connor...it's JARRELL.
Joel ought to be ashamed of himself for that mis-spelling!!!
Here are some good video clips of the Jarrell F5:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=GrCLJuMerco
http://youtube.com/watch?v=k-K-bj8YhiQ
Thanks for the videos Reed. I had actually just finished watching both of them when you posted. There isn't a whole lot of footage of that tornado, but what was taken is incredible.
the footage of the jarrell tornado from those 2 links is amazing
That's pretty bad. I'm gonna blame that one on the fact that I had been traveling for 14 hours. Feel much better today though.
Welcome back Joel and Reed! I hope your trip was fine! Thanks for those who took your place while you where out! They did a great job! We allow you to take some rest, you deserve it! Thanks for everything, you're the heart of this "community" of storms lovers! Thanks!
wow! In mexico a guy was keeping 80 crocodiles in is backyard! I hope he is not on the path of Dean 'cause those crocs might escape!
http://lcn.canoe.com/lcn/infos/lemonde/archives/2007/08/20070822-093849.html
sorry, i don't find this in english
Wow Caro! Thanks for the link.
I'm editing the Jamaica footage right now...but don't expect much. We probably had stronger winds in Norman! It's too bad the storm didn't parallel the northern coast and all hell would have broken loose. We were in the perfect structure to document a cat 5!
maybe put some reggae music under it, tune it up a bit ;)
glad you guys made it back...! and good to have you back as well!...are your basements flooded!?!?! im sure you've heard that erin went nuts in your lake of the woods when you left...unreal! looking forward to seeing your footage as well...and by the looks of things lately theres still a chance you get a new hose video!!...haha
take care...
From the Irony Department...
The death toll from Tropical Storm Erin was (so far) higher than that from Hurricane Dean.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Erin_(2007)
While Reed and Joel traveled completely out of their way to Jamaica to try to intercept a Category 5, Erin re-intensified and re-formed with a rotational pattern over... of all places... Oklahoma City!
Something is bass-ackwards in all that.
Hey Reed!
Good to see you stayed safe in Jamaica! They really dodged the bullet and sorry you missed the best action.
I just got back from Taiwan after encountering the eyewall of typhoon Sepat. It was insane and these videos highlight the madness:
Part 1 - eyewall madness and massive floods - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z35nz4mSabg
Part 2 - Biblical floods of unimaginable ferocity - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv2O1DU0jX4
Turn speakers on full!!
LOL Heidi, would you rather be upgraded to hurricane status? You it right, though. Our tornado warnings are different. "In the event of a warning, immediately proceed to the nearest brick structure... and promptly order a tall latte double skinny! If Starbucks is closed, however, just lay down on the ground on the lee side of a large banana slug."
@James... kudos!
AHOJ james. great to hear from you man! gonna watch ur vids now :D
holy crap james!!!!!!! your vids omg THAT SOUND!! best I have ever seen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Man great video James.
James - I am shocked that I did not see this footage on American TV. Then again, maybe I'm not so shocked... That was incredible.
AMAZING footage as usual James!!
Glad to see you made it home safe as well! We should have chased Sepat instead of Dean! That wind puts what we experienced to shame.
Did you sustain any car damage out there???
Here's a link to a video of Dean from the space station. Impressive!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxFOm8BC4GE&feature=dir
wow! Great videos James! The sound is scary!
Here's another link for news on Dean...they said that he's reinforcing....
http://www.lefigaro.fr/international/20070821.WWW000000225_dean_est_potentiellement_catastrophique.html
Now from NHC:
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WTNT64 KNHC 221646
TCUAT4
HURRICANE DEAN TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL042007
1150 AM CDT WED AUG 22 2007
THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DEAN MADE LANDFALL IN MEXICO NEAR THE TOWN
OF TECOLUTLA...JUST EAST OF GUTIERREZ ZAMORA AND ABOUT 40 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF TUXPAN AT ABOUT 1130 AM CDT...1630 UTC. THE
ESTIMATED INTENSITY OF DEAN AT LANDFALL WAS 100 MPH...160
KPH....CATEGORY TWO ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE.
$$
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
This one is better...On the other one, we can't see the eye.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMsa_gk27Ac&mode=related&search=
I'm ashamed to be associated with such a infrequently updated blog. This is an outrage. I expect an update before the end of my next class.
james just started watching your vids.......the noise is unbelievable wow
Corey, Reed needs to step up the blog updates. He outta be ashamed of himself. I may have to post an update myself.
I know this is a little late... but Joel, Gerald!! That's the way it sounds, minus the d. That's what they told me when I moved to Texas and couldn't pronounce it.
caro...any hope of that link being translated into english lol cant understand it
I'm agree with you JY. Take your time guys! You're doing a great job. We can't wait to see what you bring from Jamaïca, but we are patient. ;-)
To Tim Jacobs: I can try to translate it if you want...I'm from the region of Montreal in Quebec. That's why in speaking in french...i use a better english since i'm comin to this site but i have still a lot to learn in this language... ;-) Thanks to the dictionary!
to caro: nah i wouldnt worry translating it if you have to do it yourself nut thanks anyway :)
To Tim Jacobs: it sais (i'll do my best to translate):
"After weakened, Dean seems to reinforced after being in contact with the hot water of "Campeche bay" ( I don't know if the name is the same in english). Dean is now a category 2 hurricane again with winds of 160km/h (99.42 mph if my calculation is correct) and he's heading for the north of Veracruz where he should be at the end of the day. Petroleum companies have evacuate their employees from the "dolly", like Petroleos de Mexico, who take his 18,000 employees in a safe place.
Dean has cause less damage than predicted and no one was killed. Only material damage. Phone is fonctionnal but electricity is cut. Tourists have been evacuated from Riviera Maya (2/3 of them), some of them have "camp-out" at the airport to be sure to catch a plane. everything that can be carried away by the storm (like traffic pannels and other things like that) where removed. airports of Cancun and Canzumel are closed, and roads are closed.
Cancun is ok, Dean pass south of it, in the region of Majahual, a "cruising port" (?). In Belize, every hospital was closed and autorities asked to the population to quit the city because the shelters are not enough "solid" for an hurricane like Dean."
That's almost it...
James great videos of the Typhoon. Looks like it was imposible to stay dry :) Joel and Reed good to see you made it home.....
Man, James, that wind... if that's what a Category 3 is like, I shudder to think what a Cat 5 would be like!
Was surprised to see vehicles still crossing those spans... around here, our bridges get shut down much sooner than that when the rivers reach flood stage. You were brave to venture out on that viewing platform which could have gone any moment! thanks for the show!
thanks aloy caro for translating that.....reed and joel glad to see your home ok
You're welcome! That was a great exercise for me! Did i do well??
yeh you did great lol your english is good ....deans track id a little more northward now than what was previously predicted.... it looks as if its a little closer to cancun now
http://youtube.com/watch?v=G3HxAY4J460 some good footage of the storm surge from dean as it passed near the south coast of the dominican republic...the rocks and rubish you see were thrown onto the beach from the surge....no sound on the film unfortuantly though
Yeah a few days ago on you tube i saw Dean from space I'll post it later!
LOL tornado yesterday TV.net was under a tornado warning!!!
to tim jacob:
thanks "teacher" lol
big line of storms ongoing in nebraska...doesnt look like anything is well organized yet though...i wonder if this line will affect the development of new storms considering nebraska has an environment of 2500-3500 j/kg SUR CAPE and 1 km helicity values of 250-300 and it looks to me [i very well could be wrong!] a good 500mb flow...!!???!!?
a severe thunderstorm watch has been issued over kansas until 04:00 tomorrow....not sure may be worth keepin an eye on
Well, Dean has petered out, and is now a tropical storm, fading fast.
Overall, kinda disappointing from a stormchasing standpoint.
RIP
the cell thats currently between imperial and mcCook, nebraska is worth keeping an eye on...lots of fuel in the air...depoints east of the storm are in the 70 degree range...so theres defiently moisture available...!
check out this link its for the storm prediction centre its showing whats going on over nebraska just see what you think.... http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4588149.stm
not a bad little intro to severe weather for us noobs out there.