ReconRat Posted June 30, 2012 Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 (edited) It's now listed as a "Super Derecho". 80-90mph winds that traveled 700 miles in 12 hours from Indiana to the coast in Virginia area.At it's max, it equaled a category 1 hurricane."Derecho" of Power Storms Slam 700 Miles of the USHere's what it looked like when it started near the Chicago area. Edited July 8, 2012 by ReconRat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollywood3586 Posted June 30, 2012 Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 Wow!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jst2fst Posted June 30, 2012 Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 Well.damn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrown57 Posted June 30, 2012 Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 This was outside my house Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted June 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 (edited) Radar loop of the event. Damn, it exploded out of nowhere and hauled ass... Edited July 8, 2012 by ReconRat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted June 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 (edited) btw, that only 20% chance of rain for Saturday isn't cutting it. There's a line of storms marching toward central Ohio. So some parts in an East-West line will have one storm after another. Doesn't look like much rain, but storms they are.edit: It's changing already, looks like moving to Southern Ohio. Still a fair batch moving across central. 8-9pm.edit again: It burned off, it's gone, nevermind... still some on it's way, but not much, or not anytime soon. Edited June 30, 2012 by ReconRat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitz Posted June 30, 2012 Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 I took this right as the storm hit. Not a tornado....but shows the strength of the wind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadTrainDriver Posted June 30, 2012 Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 I wish I had some pictures of it while I was driving my train through it...Sadly, the FRA frowns upon "electronic device usage" while running the engine...I'll say this though.We stopped for 20 minutes right in the middle of it, and the winds were rocking the 432,000lb engine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted June 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 I took this right as the storm hit. Not a tornado....but shows the strength of the wind.dang, looks like a vortex to me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gen3flygirl Posted June 30, 2012 Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 http://imgur.com/gallery/lxXIg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crb Posted June 30, 2012 Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 i wish i had some pictures of it while i was driving my train through it...Sadly, the fra frowns upon "electronic device usage" while running the engine...I'll say this though.We stopped for 20 minutes right in the middle of it, and the winds were rocking the 432,000lb engine...damn!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted June 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 yeah, basically part of the jet stream said screw it, and made a turn down to ground level and headed East. Thanks for nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gen3flygirl Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 Hopefully the airport can claim this as an act of god The ropes are rated at 6000psi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jst2fst Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 yeah, basically part of the jet stream said screw it, and made a turn down to ground level and headed East. Thanks for nothing.Nice way of putting it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitz Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 dang, looks like a vortex to me...Yeah....I'm not sure what to call it. Our landlord wants the image because he swears he will be able to use it to argue the damage to one of his rental properties came from a tornado to his insurance company. I don't think he'll get far with that but the pic is still cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted July 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 (edited) Yeah, well it was going in the jet stream path for a reason, but Meso events are really about unstable air masses. All the very hot air down low, wanted to be up high.When the storm started, it was small. But it started an exchange flow of hot air down low for cool air up high. A cascade type event occurred, that influenced even more of the hot air down low to head upward. Which in turn brought more cold air down. Since the lateral movement across the ground was high, it spread out instead of being a single massive storms (I think, not sure.) Causing again more hot and cold air exchanging. All developing into a frontal system of rotating storms, pushing a pressure and temperature front across the ground in front of it.Basically becoming a ripple in the atmosphere. A shock wave. There's even a very ultra low sound from stuff like this. You'll see birds and animals fleeing before it gets here. I didn't hear it coming...edit: I looked up some stuff on Meso storms, and they mostly don't describe it this way, but I do. The majority of the cold air coming down is in a single vortex in the middle of the storm. If the front is curved, the leading edge of the curve (the center) is where the major downdraft is located. It's big, really big. It's basically a tornado in reverse. That's why I call it a jet stream slapping the ground. Picture it as something like cleaning your driveway with a stream from a hose. Air or water, doesn't matter. Edited July 1, 2012 by ReconRat 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruit Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFwkBEniLhs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedytriple Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 When did it rain? We got like a 5 min drizzle up here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedytriple Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 Your british Scruit you should be use to driving in the rain. LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.W. Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 No one will believe this... there was absolutely no damage to the car. I have no idea how. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted July 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 Another radar view:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MG7aOjZciY&feature=player_embedded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachG91 Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrown57 Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 I need to get some pics of the Dayton mall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachG91 Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 I need to get some pics of the Dayton mallI heard a teporary wall or something collapsed? Those pics were at Miller Brewery in Trenton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitz Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 Yeah, well it was going in the jet stream path for a reason, but Meso events are really about unstable air masses. All the very hot air down low, wanted to be up high.When the storm started, it was small. But it started an exchange flow of hot air down low for cool air up high. A cascade type event occurred, that influenced even more of the hot air down low to head upward. Which in turn brought more cold air down. Since the lateral movement across the ground was high, it spread out instead of being a single massive storms (I think, not sure.) Causing again more hot and cold air exchanging. All developing into a frontal system of rotating storms, pushing a pressure and temperature front across the ground in front of it.Basically becoming a ripple in the atmosphere. A shock wave. There's even a very ultra low sound from stuff like this. You'll see birds and animals fleeing before it gets here. I didn't hear it coming...edit: I looked up some stuff on Meso storms, and they mostly don't describe it this way, but I do. The majority of the cold air coming down is in a single vortex in the middle of the storm. If the front is curved, the leading edge of the curve (the center) is where the major downdraft is located. It's big, really big. It's basically a tornado in reverse. That's why I call it a jet stream slapping the ground. Picture it as something like cleaning your driveway with a stream from a hose. Air or water, doesn't matter.I'm kind of a weather junkie. My dad was a weatherman in the Navy and was also a cop....so when I was a kid we would go storm chasing. Literally driving 80mph after a wall cloud through the densest part of the storm and hail cores. Was a lot of fun and I've been hooked ever since.When I saw the radar on Friday I knew it looked abnormal. Just like you say the curve or the center of the storm (shaped like a boomerang) was headed just north of where I was and right at Newark. And sure enough that area of Newark where the center of the "boomerang" was headed has the most amount of damage. I was standing there and it was calm and within 30 seconds trees were sideways. You could definitely hear a very low guttural sound coming from it and I also heard trees snapping in the distance about 10 seconds before it hit. Was very strange to be outside as it came in. Definitely a weather event I'll never forget.Rode from the Newark area all the way down to Mcconnelsville today and there is damage the entire way. Many, many trees uprooted, houses twisted and roofs off. It's crazy to think it's like that all the way to the coast.Derecho 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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