Severe eather 101 – Tornadoes and tornado safety
The News Review:
- Severe eather 101 – Tornadoes and tornado safety
- NWS: Cherokee Storm Confirmed As Tornado
- Hurricane forecaster predicts average ’09 season
- Tornado pummels area
- G-Men nip Tornado in extra time
Severe eather 101 – Tornadoes and tornado safety
Examiner.com
Do you know when to do whenone strikes? ne fact that may surprise those new to Colorado is that we are actually on the western edge of the infamous Tornado Alley. This large swath of land comprises much of the nation’s midsection and is a unique place as the United States sees more tornadoes than any other place on earth. In fact tornadoes have been recorded in all 50 states including Alaska and Hawaii. Closer to home Colorado sees our share of these storms. In fact one metro area county – Weld County – holds the distinction of being the “tornado capital of the world”.
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NWS: Cherokee Storm Confirmed As Tornado
WXIA-TV
fficials said that the late night tornado an EF-1 on the Enhanced Fujita scale of measuring storms affected a 1. 5 mile swath of land in northern Cobb and southern Cherokee counties near the Knots Landing subdivision and the intersection of Wylie Bridge Road and Georgia 92 — about four miles southeast of Woodstock. Up to 120 homes were affected with 12 homes heavily damaged or destroyed. Most of the damage was caused by large trees falling on homes in that area in a path that ran up to a half-mile wide. Top winds in that storm were reported at 90 mph.
Hurricane forecaster predicts average ’09 season
WIBW
(AP) — The 2009 hurricane season will be less active than last year’s flurry of storms and there’s less than a 50 percent chance that a hurricane will hit the southeastern U. a researcher said Thursday. if (self['plpm'] && plpm['Mid-Story Ad']) document.
Tornado pummels area
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
the tornado hit the Valley Lanes bowling alley on the west side of Phenix City’s 280 Bypass. It wrecked a house on Broad Street hopped the Chattahoochee River and hit buildings along 10th Street in downtown Columbus. It blew away signs and roofing and smashed windows and kept going west. It hit again at 13th Street and 13th Avenue took down trees around Lakebottom Park and kept going — to Hilton Avenue Wells Drive and Preston Drive north of Macon Road. The National Weather Service office in Peachtree City Ga.
G-Men nip Tornado in extra time
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Furry thought the key to the win was “Believing in the fact that we’re going to find a way to win a game even when we’re not necessarily playing our best game. This group of Graham players has always historically when they get down they can come back. ”Landon Furry opened the scoring in the 19th minute when he beat his defender to the ball trapped it turned around and fired it past Tornado keeper Cody Thomas. But it only took the Blues one minute to retaliate. Levi Trent sent a perfectly placed long ball from the right side of the field to Albert Fajardo who headed it over Graham goalie Christian Cole and in. The rest of the first half was a stalemate and the teams went into the break level at 1-1. The G-Men had trouble at the beginning of the second half getting their offense going.