Unprecedented is a good word to describe this!From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma: "A MOST INTERESTING NIGHT. TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERIN SEEMED TO HAVE REGAINED STRENGTH DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AND HAS PRODUCED STRONG WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. EVOLUTION OF AN EYE-LIKE STRUCTURE HAS BEEN RATHER IMPRESSIVE WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND HIGH WINDS OCCURRING NEAR IT."
Apparently the circulation gained strength overnight producing a long list of damage reports because of high wind. " WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE REPORTED IN AND NEAR WATONGA.
PROLONGED HIGH WINDS AND OCCASIONAL SEVERE GUSTS FROM 1
AM TO 415 AM. 82 MPH WINDS REPORTED AT WATONGA AIRPORT AT
254 AM BEFORE WEATHER INSTRUMENTS STOPPED REPORTING."
While Erin is still just a Tropical Depression, numerous wind instruments had sustained winds of 35-45mph this morning over Central Oklahoma. If the National Hurricane Center wasn't tracking a major hurricane in the Caribbean (Dean), Erin could have been upgraded for a short time to Tropical Storm status over land. I am not aware of that ever happening before. Amazing! -ERIC
4 comments:
wow thats just weird.... any theories on what caused it?
i noticed that this morning when watch the weather channel and i thought that was strange.
Is this coming our way?
The system went up the Ohio River Valley. The flooding in Ohio isn't that unusual. Agnes washed out the mid-Atlantic when it went up the Susquehanna in 1972. Oklahoma and Texas have been saturated with moisture since sometime in spring. The conditions would be quite humid. I could be wrong, but I have heard that tropical systems will not weaken while over extensive areas of marshland.
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