Winds Gust to Hurricane Force at Auburn

March 20, 2006, 7:43 pm

Posted by Bill Murray in Severe Weather
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CORRECTED WIND SPEED

At 7:35 p.m. CST, winds gusted to 74 knots (85 mph) at the automatic observing station at the Auburn Opelika Airport. The severe thunderstorm warning continues for Lee County until 7:45 p.m. and will likely be extended.

In addition, an even nastier looking storm moving through Macon County near Tuskegee will move through Lee County also.

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Posted by
on March 20, 2006, 7:54 pm

The rain has eased off a little here but the winds have really picked up with gusts as high as 37.4mph at 7:42pm. With a temp of 41.1� that's driving the wind chill down to 29.8�

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Posted by John T.
on March 20, 2006, 8:11 pm

Bill , when you have time , can you give the defination of the " Gravity Wave " I could not find it in the glossarys I have . And it could be my ' can't see for looking ' also . I'm a big time geek , nerd , whatever when it comes to definitions . Thanks.

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Posted by Weathernut
on March 20, 2006, 8:23 pm

Here in Helena off Hwy 58 I've recorded 2.0 inches of rain today so far.

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Posted by www
on March 20, 2006, 8:27 pm

Just checked the rain gauge at my house in Trussville at 9pm. In the last 24 hours: 2.36'' of rain had fell.

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Posted by www
on March 20, 2006, 8:30 pm

John, here is a great link that talkes about "Gravity Waves" I hope this helps you!

http://pcl.physics.uwo.ca/pclhtml/gravitywaves.html

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