Did Hurricane Wilma have 209 mph sustained winds?
At last week's 30th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology of the American Meteorological Society, Dr. Eric Uhlhorn of NOAA's Hurricane Research Division presented a poster that looked at the relationship between surface winds measured by the SFMR instrument and flight-level winds in two Category 5 storms. Hurricane Hunter flights done into Category 5 Supertyphoon Megi (17 October 2010) and Category 5 Hurricane Felix (03 September 2007) found that the surface winds measured by SFMR were greater than those measured at flight level (10,000 feet.) Usually, surface winds in a hurricane are 10 - 15% less than at 10,000 feet, but he showed that in super-intense Category 5 storms with small eyes, the dynamics of these situations may generate surface winds that are as strong or stronger than those found at 10,000 feet. He extrapolated this statistical relationship (using the inertial stability measured at flight level) to Hurricane Wilma of 2005, which was the strongest hurricane on record (882 mb), but was not observed by the SFMR. He estimated that the maximum wind averaged around the eyewall in Wilma at peak intensity could have been 209 mph, plus or minus 20 mph--so conceivably as high as 229 mph, with gusts to 270 mph. Yowza. That's well in excess of the 200 mph minimum wind speed a top end EF-5 tornado has. The Joplin, Missouri EF-5 tornado of May 22, 2011 had winds estimated at 225 - 250 mph. That tornado ripped pavement from the ground, leveled buildings to the concrete slabs they were built on, and killed 161 people. It's not a pretty thought to consider what Wilma would have done to Cancun, Key West, or Fort Myers had the hurricane hit with sustained winds of what the Joplin tornado had.
Figure 1. Hurricane Wilma's pinhole eye as seen at 8:22 a.m. CDT Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2005, by the crew aboard NASA's international space station as the complex flew 222 miles above the storm. At the time, Wilma was the strongest Atlantic hurricane in history, with a central pressure of 882 mb and sustained surface winds estimated at 185 mph. The storm was located in the Caribbean Sea, 340 miles southeast of Cozumel, Mexico. Image source: NASA's Space Photo Gallery.
Figure 2. Damage in Joplin, Missouri after the EF-5 tornado of May 22, 2011. Image credit: wunderphotographer thebige.
Official all-time strongest winds in an Atlantic hurricane: 190 mph
The official record for strongest winds in an Atlantic hurricane is 190 mph, for Hurricane Allen of 1980 as it was entering the Gulf of Mexico, and for Hurricane Camille of 1969, as it was making landfall in Pass Christian, Mississippi. In Dr. Bob Sheets' and Jack Williams' book, Hurricane Watch, they recount the Hurricane Hunters flight into Camile as the hurricane reached peak intensity: On Sunday afternoon, August 17, and Air Force C-130 piloted by Marvin Little penetrated Camille's eye and measured a pressure of 26.62 inches of mercury. "Just as we were nearing the eyewall cloud we suddenly broke into a clear area and could see the sea surface below," the copilot, Robert Lee Clark, wrote in 1982. "What a sight! Although everyone on the crew was experienced except me, no one had seen the wind whip the sea like that before...Instead of the green and white splotches normally found in a storm, the sea surface was in deep furrows running along the wind direction....The velocity was beyond the descriptions used in our training and far beyond anything we had ever seen." So, the 190 mph winds of Camille were an estimate that was off the scale from anything that had ever been observed in the past. The books that the Hurricane Hunters carried, filled with photos of the sea state at various wind speeds, only goes up to 150 mph (Figure 2). I still used this book to estimate surface winds when I flew with the Hurricane Hunters in the late 1980s, and the books are still carried on the planes today. In the two Category 5 hurricanes I flew into, Hugo and Gilbert, I never observed the furrowing effect referred to above. Gilbert had surface winds estimated at 175 mph based on what we measured at flight level, so I believe the 190 mph wind estimate in Camille may be reasonable.
Figure 3. Appearance of the sea surface in winds of 130 knots (150 mph). Image credit: Wind Estimations from Aerial Observations of Sea Conditions (1954), by Charlie Neumann.
Figure 4. Radar image of Hurricane Camille taken at 22:15 UTC August 17, 1969, a few hours before landfall in Mississippi. At the time, Camille had the highest sustained winds of any Atlantic hurricane in history--190 mph.
The infamous hurricane hunter flight into Wilma during its rapid intensification
While I was at last week's conference, I had a conversation with Rich Henning, a flight meteorologist for NOAA's Hurricane Hunters, who served for many years as a Air Reconnaissance Weather Officer (ARWO) for the Air Force Hurricane Hunters. Rich told me the story of the Air Force Hurricane Hunter mission into Hurricane Wilma in the early morning hours of October 19, 2005, as Wilma entered its explosive deepening phase. The previous airplane, which had departed Category 1 Wilma six hours previously, flew through Wilma at an altitude of 5,000 feet. They measured a central pressure of 954 mb when they departed the eye at 23:10 UTC. The crew of the new plane assumed that the hurricane, though intensifying, was probably not a major hurricane, and decided that they would also go in at 5,000 feet. Winds outside the eyewall were less than hurricane force, so this seemed like a reasonable assumption. Once the airplane hit the eyewall, they realized their mistake. Flight level winds quickly rose to 186 mph, far in excess of Category 5 strength, and severe turbulence rocked the aircraft. The aircraft was keeping a constant pressure altitude to maintain their height above the ocean during the penetration, but the area of low pressure at Wilma's center was so intense that the airplane descended at over 1,000 feet per minute during the penetration in order to maintain a constant pressure altitude. By they time they punched into the incredibly tiny 4-mile wide eye, which had a central pressure of just 901 mb at 04:32 UTC, the plane was at a dangerously low altitude of 1,500 feet--not a good idea in a Category 5 hurricane. The pilot ordered an immediate climb, and the plane exited the other side of Wilma's eyewall at an altitude of 10,000 feet. They maintained this altitude for the remainder of the flight. During their next pass through the eye at 06:11 UTC, the diameter of the eye had shrunk to an incredibly tiny two miles--the smallest hurricane eye ever measured. During their third and final pass through the eye at 0801 UTC, a dropsonde found a central pressure of 882 mb--the lowest pressure ever observed in an Atlantic hurricane. In the span of just 24 hours, Wilma had intensified from a 70 mph tropical storm to a 175 mph category 5 hurricane--an unprecedented event for an Atlantic hurricane. Since the pressure was still falling, it is likely that Wilma became even stronger after the mission departed.
I'll have a new post by Tuesday at the latest.
Jeff Masters
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Yes, I have as well. I loved AwakeinMaryland. She was the sweetest woman. I have enjoyed speaking, corresponding and meeting some wonderful people on here. It is amazing how we are like old friends just by being on the blog.
you know a lot of the old timers here are now on Facebook.. most of them will come back when the season kicks in...but just easier to control who you are sharing information with there.. there are not really any "trolls" on FB unless you befriend them.
But I will never let FB replace my love for WU!
when I need a laugh I go to those blogs!
I see very broad rotation.
I don't really see a couplet...just broad rotation.
The table on the left is Base Velocity, used to detect areas of strong winds. The table on the right is Storm Relative Velocity, used to detect tornado circulations. As you can see on the left, regardless of a tornado, O'Fallon is probably getting 40-50 knot winds right now.
Any models picking up on the NW Caribbean blob? Shear is too high right now, but it reminds me of a typical late May pre-tropical storm.
I'm not seeing anything too special on my GRLevel 3... very broad as TA 13 said
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HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS.
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3878 9238 3881 9238 3882 9239 3882 9242
3897 9245
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WIND...<50 MPH
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Vortices in the eye wall apparently are not all that uncommon. Here's a paper on Isabel's mesovortices.
Edit: also see Meso- and Miso-scale structures in the eye and eyewall
Not sure...i can't believe the hurricane season is almost here, just over a month to go
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Here on WU, I had been posting for months before Wilma. After Wilma, I lost power and lasted 1 night before securing my property and headed to my mom's condo in Inverrary, which had generators. From her 8th floor I could look down on the West Broward scenery as it blued. You can look back on my first blog that came 10 days after Wilma. LinkI stand by the human toll in the area, if anything I understated it.
SST's April 27th, 2012.
Much warmer this year.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
406 PM CDT SAT APR 28 2012
ILC033-282145-
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CRAWFORD IL-
406 PM CDT SAT APR 28 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY
UNTIL 445 PM CDT...
AT 404 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OBLONG...OR 7 MILES WEST OF ROBINSON...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROBINSON...HARDINVILLE...NEW HEBRON...FLAT ROCK...PALESTINE...
STOY...TRIMBLE AND CRAWFORD COUNTY AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3886 8755 3893 8794 3909 8794 3906 8758
3905 8757 3900 8757 3896 8751
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 283DEG 32KT 3901 8784
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You know I went back and read your posting and it is so true. The media was all still fixed on katrina and much that went on here in SE Florida was left unreported...and our government wanted it left unreported so it would not hurt tourism..
Here is some of your header which is very insightful.
Wilma Aftermath
Posted by: CosmicEvents, 8:16 PM AST on November 03, 2005
Just got my power back on after 10 days so I'm not sure how the situation in South Florida, particularly Broward County and Southern Palm Beach County....is being reported nationally. There is a very serious human tragedy going on here, due to the nature of the demographics of this area. Many, many elderly folks, average age 80-90...have lived through quite an experience the last 10 days. There are tens of thousands of elderly people here living in retirement communities built mainly back in the 1970's. Many buildings condemened already. More to come. Probably 10000-20000 will eventually be "displaced", and at their age that's not a great prospect.
They have already lived through another bout of beauraucratic failure at all levels. The typical scanario for many of these infirmed elderly was to to be living on the second to fourth floor of a 4 story condo. No elictricity. No way to climb up and down the stairs. A hit and miss system of people checking on them. Most had not enough food or water. Almost all need some medications....and these were difficult to obtain. I could go on and on.....the story was reported well in the Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel today....not sure if it's available on the Internet. If so...check it out.
As I see it the bottom line is that there are going to be roughly 1000 people that die as a result of Wilma. But this will go unreported. An 88 year old who dies from starvation, lack of water, lack of insulin, stress of living with no electricity in a condo with a roof that's leaking like a sieve, they can't get to their doctor by car or phone, or any other normal medical condition that comes up with people this age. It will go unreported. By the nature of the demographics.....a few hundred would have passed on normally. The added 1000-2000 who die a few years before their time is not something that can be quantified as being attributale to Wilma, but it's there.
The rest of us, myself included, have been through a Cat. 2 storm. I've dodged a few bullets...this was my first direct hit. Most of us, myself included, have suffered some relatively minor damage...but we'll get back to normal in a while.
I went through the heart of the storm in Western Broward. It was a stormchaser's dream. My home was shuttered up, except for my back patio, which is protected from winds but affords a great view. The front end was the worst I've ever experienced. Sustained 70-100 MPH winds with gusts to a bit over 100. The back end was downright scary. Sustained 80-100 winds with gusts to 120+. I overlook a golf course and have a great view for 700 yards. I was able to see the back end eye wall approaching towards me down the fairway of the golf course. Great footage, if I only had a video camera to film it it would have been awesome.As the eyewall approached, I could see it swirling across the golf course. When it hit the first house 200 yards from me it blew 50% of the roof off. The rest went within the next 15 minutes. When the eye wall hit my home it shook...rattled, and rolled. A very scary 30 minutes as I just hoped that my roof would hold, which it did. The back end, as reported by others was much stronger.
For me and my family and friends, the main thing is all are safe and sound.
When I got power finally I was amazed that MSM was not even talking about Wilma....
I even got a little pissed about it at the time.
The only game in town on the media was Katrina..
no offense to those that suffered in Katrina.. it was bad... and many died because of poor judgement.
But SE Florida got kicked worse than predicted; many elderly probably died because of Wilma.. and today many of those Condos are still damaged and cannot be lived in...
Our people, for the most part, did well. We had a "warm up year" in 2004 to learn how to deal with storms...and It was really cool tempature wise afterwards so no heat to have to deal with. And most did have supplies so no one was starving...except maybe some of the elderly...
and of course, the ones that were on local TV just hours after Wilma passed crying for ice and water..
But our landscapes were changed for ever.. I lost 75% of my yard, fence, screens, trees...many lost alot wrose than that.
I just cannot believe how it was basically ignored by the media...
I think overall we are warmer than last year in addition to 2009. There are some obvious spots where the waters are cooler, but taking a look at the whole Atlantic, I think 2012 wins out. At least, at this time.
Hi Gamms, Yes.
The way K and Rita had intensified in the GOM was amazing. Then... OMG. And then, of course, Alpha popped up and...on to Gamma (lol I remember you joking about that) all the way to Zeta. Seemed like they'd never quit. I missed the season up to I got here for the K storm, and did not sign up with my first handle till October.
DocNDswamp. And #185 - Barefoot, thanks for posting that!
Jaws on the floor with every fresh set of data that night... and tremendous relief after communications reestablished with recon flight! Wow...!!!
Wilma was jaw-dropping, especially following what we'd already seen in 2005. I know there were more memorable storms for you that year, and did not mean to slight them. The K storm blogs and the blogs after the 2005 season ended are some of the best of wu archives - the whole community, not just DocM's. Well, you know that.
:)
TropicalAnalyst13wx...
That's a good link DocNDswamp left. Hope you saw it - since you did not see a TWC archive.
13 and Cybr, this factor has been one of the main reasons by the experts (CSU,TSR,WSI) to go with average numbers in their April forecasts.Maybe in the next forecasts they raise by one or two,and with no sight of El Nino yet comming,that could be the case. What do you think about this?
I wish i could stay and monitor them, but i have 2 be off to bed early.
Nite all, (for now at least)
wow! That's quite a massive difference
Where is "here?"
Waters are running below average in some spots, but near to above average in many others:
Wind Shear in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean is running below average:
Looks more moist in the Atlantic basin this year as opposed to past ones at this time:
Vertical Instability in the Gulf of Mexico is running below average due to that strong area of low pressure a week ago, but should return to being significant above average soon:
Overall, I would raise the predicted number of named storms by 2 or so storms.
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
559 PM EDT SAT APR 28 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
EAST CENTRAL KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
CENTRAL MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 555 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF WASHINGTON...OR 16 MILES
NORTHEAST OF VINCENNES...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
IN ADDITION...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN BICKNELL WITH
THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WASHINGTON...
SHOALS...
PLAINVILLE...
MONTGOMERY...
CANNELBURG...
WEST BOGGS LAKE...
BURNS CITY...
LOOGOOTEE...
LACY...
INDIAN SPRINGS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
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I agree with you TAwx13
Typhoon Megi was as much a monster as Wilma was. 185 mph sustained winds, minimum barometric pressure of 885 mbar.
Thanks for the invite, Grothar. Howdy from the hurricanes-never-hit-here First Coast!
If it was moving relatively fast, it would lower the TCHP and subsequently inhibit much intensification. If the storm, however, was moving relatively slowly, it would weaken due to upwelling due to the hurricane's fierce windspeeds.
A large hurricane would upwell cooler waters over a larger area than a small one.
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559 PM EDT SAT APR 28 2012
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* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
EAST CENTRAL KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
CENTRAL MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 555 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF WASHINGTON...OR 16 MILES
NORTHEAST OF VINCENNES...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
IN ADDITION...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN BICKNELL WITH
THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WASHINGTON...
SHOALS...
PLAINVILLE...
MONTGOMERY...
CANNELBURG...
WEST BOGGS LAKE...
BURNS CITY...
LOOGOOTEE...
LACY...
INDIAN SPRINGS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3880 8669 3856 8677 3868 8737 3887 8730
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 281DEG 37KT 3877 8721
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
456 PM CDT SAT APR 28 2012
ILZ077-078-INZ081-082-282300-
EDWARDS-WABASH-GIBSON-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBION...MOUNT CARMEL...FORT BRANCH...
PETERSBURG
456 PM CDT SAT APR 28 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
A STRONG GUST FRONT IS MOVING SOUTH INTO
EDWARDS...WABASH...GIBSON...AND PIKE COUNTIES. WINDS WILL GUST TO
35-45 MPH AS THE GUST FRONT PASSES THROUGH.
STORMS MAY DEVELOP QUICKLY ALONG THE GUST FRONT.
BE PREPARED FOR GUSTY WINDS BY SECURING LAWN FURNITURE AND LIGHT
OBJECTS OUTSIDE.
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Yeah, they don't get much better than this
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506 PM CDT SAT APR 28 2012
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LINCOLN MO-WARREN MO-
506 PM CDT SAT APR 28 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WARREN AND
SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT...
AT 501 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WARRENTON...
AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WRIGHT CITY...TROY...MARTHASVILLE...DUTZOW AND MOSCOW MILLS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3885 9126 3910 9126 3898 9085 3889 9087
3889 9096 3855 9097 3856 9100 3861 9105
3860 9115 3862 9122 3865 9123 3871 9131
3870 9137 3871 9142 3884 9142
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 278DEG 38KT 3881 9108
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50 MPH
$$
KANOFSKY
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
539 PM EDT SAT APR 28 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
SOUTHERN SULLIVAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
* UNTIL 830 PM EDT
* AT 537 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES
IS OCCURRING ACROSS PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SULLIVAN.
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS IN THE TOWN OF
SULLIVAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
&&
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3887 8725 3884 8728 3883 8752 3889 8754
3892 8752 3896 8752 3897 8753 3898 8757
3906 8758
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Barefoot, I think that was blogger Thrawst that was asking about the Wilma animations... Glad to find 'em - for a while CIMSS had removed the original one, perhaps copyright issues (?), although I have the gifs / QTime versions saved in my own Wilma files...
Nahhh, no slighting at all on other storms - focus is on Wilma, although hard not to mention others... LOL, my 1st vague memory is of Audrey! Plenty of tropical cyclone impacts / memories in 6 decades living in same location of SE LA... In fact, have a hard time trying to place order of impact / precedence in an admittedly lengthy list...
;)
Heading out,
G'day all... and of course, safe wishes to all in path of current severe tstms!
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