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Birmingham Storm Relative Velocity Image 0058Z

Storm Relative Velocity image from the Shelby County Airport WSR-88D.
Scanned storm relative velocity image from the Shelby County Airport WSR-88D. Image shows rotation, circled, associated with the storm over western Jefferson County. Again this just shows that the storm was rotating, not the tornado. In the lower right corner of the image, a rotational velocity greater than 55 knots was indicated. Time is 0058 UTC or 758 PM CDT on April 8 th , 1998.


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Date modified:April 08, 2008
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