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Wall cloud near the Cleveland/Pottawatomie Co. border near 5:30 pm. This supercell was apparent in radar imagery, along with another small left mover.
Date/Time: 2007:08:18 16:34:47
Wall cloud (looking N) near the Cleveland/Pottawatomie Co. border near 5:30 pm. This supercell was apparent in radar imagery, along with another small left mover.
current_wx
OK mesonet plot from ~3 am showing the intense circulation with the intensified remnants of TD Erin. This system is every bit as tropical as some of the named storms earlier this year, and may really deserve to be called "tropical storm" once a
Date: 08/19/2007
OK mesonet plot from ~3 am showing the intense circulation with the intensified remnants of TD Erin. This system is every bit as tropical as some of the named storms earlier this year, and may really deserve to be called "tropical storm" once again. Interestingly, the winds are more intense over OK than at any time over the Gulf of Mexico!
erin_bref
0.5 degree reflectivity image of "tropical storm" Erin. Note the striking bands and reflectivity hole, which had vertical continuity.
Date: 08/19/2007
0.5 degree reflectivity image of "tropical storm" Erin. Note the striking bands and reflectivity hole, which had vertical continuity.
erin_bvel
0.5 degree velocity image for "tropical storm" Erin. The tight circulation corresponds to the reflectivity crescent.
Date: 08/19/2007
0.5 degree velocity image for "tropical storm" Erin. The tight circulation corresponds to the reflectivity crescent.
erin_meso
Intense velocity couplet over US hwy 81 and the South Canadian River. Several strong couplets developed along the intense convergence/shear zone coincident with the N-S band of heavy thunderstorms E and SE of the circulation center.
Date: 08/19/2007
Intense velocity couplet over US hwy 81 and the South Canadian River. Several strong couplets developed along the intense convergence/shear zone coincident with the N-S band of heavy thunderstorms E and SE of the circulation center.
WATO_met
Meteogram from Watonga, OK, showing the sustained tropical storm force winds in the N side of the circulation.
Date: 08/19/2007
Meteogram from Watonga, OK, showing the sustained tropical storm force winds in the N side of the circulation.
erin_eye
Persistent eye-like feature with "tropical storm" Erin.
Date: 08/19/2007
Persistent eye-like feature with "tropical storm" Erin.
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Runoff from the woods flowing through a planter space and down the steps into our backyard.
Date/Time: 2007:08:19 07:54:30
Runoff from the woods flowing through a planter space and down the steps into our backyard.
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More water coming from an area where I've never seen enough rain to produce runoff.
Date/Time: 2007:08:19 07:58:49
More water coming from an area where I've never seen enough rain to produce runoff.
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Water pouring through the N side of our yard and down the driveway. This is part of a natural drainage channel from the woods to the E.
Date/Time: 2007:08:19 08:01:57
Water pouring through the N side of our yard and down the driveway. This is part of a natural drainage channel from the woods to the E.
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Water over Blackjack Trail in a normally dry drainage ditch.
Date/Time: 2007:08:19 08:12:01
Water over Blackjack Trail in a normally dry drainage ditch.
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Runoff flowing over SE 84th St. in far east Norman.
Date/Time: 2007:08:19 08:16:30
Runoff flowing over SE 84th St. in far east Norman.
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Water covering the road with a tributary to Dave Blue Creek, along SE 48th St. in east Norman. We were attempting to view another stream when we were forced to turn around here.
Date/Time: 2007:08:19 08:26:17
Water covering the road with a tributary to Dave Blue Creek, along SE 48th St. in east Norman. We were attempting to view another stream when we were forced to turn around here.
