Seguimento América do Norte - 2009

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Oklahoma/Panhandle (c) Mike Peregrine

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Oklahoma/Panhandle (c) Mike Peregrine

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Elk City (c) Brandon Sullivan



Roger Mills County - (c)Brian Emfinger


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SW Oklahom - (c) Brian Emfinger
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Vince

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Ontem à noite na Alameda dos Tornados (Tornado Alley) formou-se apenas uma supercélula no norte do Texas que não gerou nenhum tornado. O único destaque da noite nessa zona foi o facto de uma serie de chasers devido a uma estrada ou ponte interdita se terem aventurado na zona de precipitação intensa da célula, prática nunca recomendada e que na gíria se denomina por "punching the core". Isso acabou por ter prejuízos para muitos, bastantes pára-brisas rachados e chapa amolgada. As pedras por vezes atingiam os 10cm.

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Mas ontem o evento mais significativo foi um tornado que provocou ainda bastante estragos em zonas residenciais mas sem vítimas graves, não na Tornado Alley mas já quase junto à costa leste, em Rocky Mount na Carolina do Norte. Os "chasers" foram a própria população que inundaram as televisões com centenas de fotografias e videos.

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Vídeos aqui:
http://www.wral.com/weather/asset_gallery/5088738/
 

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Ontem estive a acompanhar a caçada de vários caçadores de tempestades em directo e vi essa célula rebentar do nada no Texas por volta das 23horas hora de Portugal...foi curioso ver a correria dos vários carros na zona para a intersectarem :D
 

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As vezes temos que ter muita paciência :D

Breaking Weather
TSR INTERCEPTS SUPERCELL IN NORTHWEST TEXAS. TORNADOES STRIKE IN NORTH CAROLINA

Date: Wed, May 6th, 2009 1:00:01 pm

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(Above) Byron Turk, Marcus Gutuierez, and Kyle Wheeler fight bordem while waiting for storms to fire.

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(Above) Sean Casey checks for signs of storms on radar.

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(Above) Supercell with wallcloud moves across Northwest Texas on Tuesday.



TSR chased a nice supercell across northwestern Texas on Tuesday evening. While it produced large hail, multiple wall clouds, and a brief funnel, no tornadoes formed. However, every vehicle in our convey will need their windsheild replaced tomorrow! On Wednesday we are off to Norman, Oklahoma where we will meet up with Dr. Josh Wurman and the rest of the scientists involved with Vortex 2, which is a massive research project designed to study tornadoes this spring. Vortex 2 launches next week and will be in high gear throughmid-June.

Tornadoes Cause damage in Parts of North Carolina

At least a dozen homes were damaged and two minor injuries were reported on Tuesday as tornadoes moved through Nash and Wilson counties in North Carolina. More severe weather was reported throughout the eastern seaboard as well.

Vamos ver o que acontece esta noite ;)
 

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Tornados matam três pessoas na região central dos EUA

Uma série de tornados matou pelo menos três pessoas na região central dos Estados Unidos. Só no estado do Missouri foram ao menos dois tornados. Moradores flagaram a chegada dos fenômenos.
As tempestades destruíram sessenta casas, arrastaram carros e arrancaram árvores. Escolas ficaram fechadas nesta quinta, por causa da falta de energia elétrica, que atingiu milhares de pessoas. Em Oklahoma, os ventos chegaram a cento e sessenta quilômetros por hora.

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Lightning Strikes Plane After Takeoff From Oakland

A Southwest Airlines plane landed safely back at Oakland International Airport this morning after being struck by lightning shortly after its departure, airport spokeswoman Rosemary Barnes said. Southwest Airlines Flight No. 2197 departed from Oakland at 6:30 a.m. and was headed to Burbank when the crew reported that the aircraft had been struck by lightning somewhere near Salinas, Barnes said.
The pilots decided to return to Oakland, where the plane landed safely. Barnes said the pilots did not declare an emergency and that no injuries were reported. The passengers were taken off the plane and seated on another flight to Burbank, which departed later in the morning, she said.
The incident comes the same week an Air France jet plunged into the Atlantic. Investigators speculate the jumbo jet was caught in a storm and could have been hit by lightning. A spokesperson for Southwest Airlines was not immediately available for comment.

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Este fim de tarde está a ser claramente marcado por avisos de ocorrência de tornados em extensas áreas do centro, nordeste e sueste dos Estados Unidos.
Não é todos os dias que existe tão elevado número de avisos espalhados pelo país.

Tornado Watch:

COLORADO - Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, Boulder, Jefferson, Larimer, Lincoln, Kit Carson, Weld, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Yuma.
GEORGIA - Pierce.
IOWA - Mills, Montgomery, Adair, Adams, Cass, Fremont, Page, Pottawattamie, Ringgold, Taylor, Union.
KANSAS - Atchison, Brown, Phillips, Republic, Doniphan, Jewell, Marshall, Nemaha, Smith, Washington, Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte, Cheyenne, Decatur, Norton, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas.
KENTUCKY - McCreary, Whitley.
MISSOURI - DeKalb, Gentry, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Holt, Nodaway, Worth, Saline, Schuyler, Adair, Audrain, Boone, Caldwell, Callaway, Carroll, Cass, Chariton, Clay, Clinton, Cole, Cooper, Daviess, Gasconade, Grundy, Harrison, Howard, Jackson, Johnson, Knox, Lafayette, Lewis, Linn, Livingston, Macon, Marion, Mercer, Moniteau, Monroe, Montgomery, Osage, Pettis, Shelby, Sullivan, Platte, Putnam, Ralls, Randolph, Ray.
NEBRASKA - Jefferson, Johnson, Adams, Buffalo, Butler, Cass, Clay, Dawson, Douglas, Fillmore, Franklin, Furnas, Gage, Gosper, Greeley, Hall, Hamilton, Harlan, Howard, Kearney, Lancaster, Merrick, Garden, Hayes, Phelps, Polk, Nance, Nemaha, Nuckolls, Otoe, Pawnee, Richardson, Saline, Sarpy, Saunders, Seward, Sherman, Thayer, Valley, Webster, York, Arthur, Banner, Logan, McPherson, Chase, Cheyenne, Custer, Deuel, Dundy, Frontier, Hitchcock, Keith, Kimball, Lincoln, Morrill, Perkins, Red Willow, Scotts Bluff.
OHIO - Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Harrison, Jefferson, Coshocton, Guernsey, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble, Perry, Tuscarawas, Washington, Columbiana.
PENNSYLVANIA - Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Washington, Allegheny, Armstrong, Indiana, Lawrence, Westmoreland.
WEST VÍRGINIA - Roane, Taylor, Barbour, Braxton, Brooke, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Lewis, Marion, Marshall, Mason, Monongalia, Ohio, Pleasants, Preston, Randolph, Ritchie, Tucker, Tyler, Upshur, Wetzel, Wirt, Wood.
WYOMING - Laramie, Goshen, Platte.

Fonte: UnderGround