August 9th, 2000 - Severe storms
with MESO/TVS
Paul and I headed out around 4:30
after viewing the radar - nice storm development: 55000ft cloud tops, MESO and
TVS signatures on radar. We ended up in the county of Haldimand-Norfolk
where the storms were really well organized. Anti-cyclonic rotation was
very apparent and several "tendrils" dropped down on numerous
occasions, some becoming rather large as shown below. After the storm
became HP we headed back into Niagara along Hwy.3, drove through Port Colborne
and Fort Erie and saw some great anvil cloud-to-cloud (CC) lightning, a full
rainbow, and a great sunset. Not a bad day!
Doppler -
16:29
Doppler -
21:09
Animation - 21:09
Summary
- 16:29
Summary
- 20:30
Click
here for a movie! (Narration by Paul)
The chase begins on the QEW:
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Paul goes over his maps:
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Tail-end of a storm rolling
through Pelham:
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Excellent cloud lowerings
at the very end of the storm:
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Now we're in Haldimand-Norfolk...
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Rotation was great, cloud
lowerings everywhere:
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Dark dark skies...
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Who says cows lay down
before a storm??
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Excellent full rainbow in
Fort Erie:
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Another meso rolls into St.
Catharines in the distance:
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Paul in action....
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The following vidcaps taken
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WUCN13 CWTO 092201
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING UPDATED
BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA. REGIONAL CENTRE TORONTO ONTARIO.
6.01 PM EDT WEDNESDAY 9 AUGUST 2000.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED FOR..
REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF HAMILTON-WENTWORTH
ESSEX COUNTY
REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF NIAGARA.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUED FOR..
KENT COUNTY
ELGIN COUNTY
BRANT COUNTY
REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF HALDIMAND-NORFOLK
MIDDLESEX COUNTY
OXFORD COUNTY.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ENDED FOR..
LAMBTON COUNTY.
WEATHER RADAR INDICATES THAT MANY THUNDERSTORMS
HAVE FORMED OVER SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO AND
SOME OF THEM ARE REACHING SEVERE LIMITS. AT
5.45 PM THE BAND OF MOST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEAST
OF WINDSOR TO LONDON AND THEN TO THE HAMILTON AREA. THE
STORMS ARE GENERALLY MOVING WEST TO EAST AT ABOUT 70 KM/H. WIND
GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 100 KM/H..EXTREMELY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND LARGE HAIL
UP TO 3 CENTIMETRES IN DIAMETER ARE LIKELY WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS.
SOME UNCONFIRMED TORNADOES AND FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED
WITH THESE STORMS.
THIS IS A WARNING THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING IN THESE REGIONS.
REMEMBER SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE TORNADOES..LISTEN
FOR UPDATED WARNINGS. EMERGENCY MEASURES ONTARIO RECOMMENDS
TAKING COVER IMMEDIATELY WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7.45 PM.
END/1/BECKER
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