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Wind speeds within a microburst can top out at 100 mph, which is equivalent to an EF1 tornado. That’s why it’s extremely important to take every severe thunderstorm warning seriously.
[2] [3] [4] August 1, 1983 – The strongest microburst recorded at an airport was observed at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, near Washington, DC. The wind speeds may have exceeded 150 mph (240 km/h) in this microburst. The peak gust was recorded at 2:11 PM –-7 minutes after Air Force One, with the President on board, landed on the same ...
LLWAS microburst alerts are issued for greater than 30 knot loss of airspeed at the runway or within three nautical miles of approach or two nautical miles of departure. Microbursts in excess of 110 knots have been observed. Each LLWAS equipped airport may have as few as six or as many as thirty-two remote stations.
The roof was ripped off of a local business; the debris damaged several houses and cars near the business. Due to the time, between 1 am and 2 am, there were no injuries. On 9 July 2012, a wet microburst hit an area of Spotsylvania County, Virginia, near the border of the city of Fredericksburg, causing severe damage to two buildings. One of ...
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For some residents of northern Minnesota, this is the third day in a row they have been hit by a derecho. The fourth and final derecho of this series (shown in red), started over upper Michigan on the evening of July 14 and moved east through southern and eastern Ontario , continuing east through western and eastern New York State in the early ...
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The Beginning of 24/7 Hours. The innovator of the 24-hour-a-day store is 7-Eleven, which traces its roots to the Southland Ice Company, which sold ice from docks in Dallas and San Antonio in the ...