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| Yearly Reports |
| Interested in what kind of weather occurred in a recent year? Check out the most memorable events below. |
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Severe Weather/Wind on September 13-14, 2008 (Pg1) |
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Hurricane Ike made landfall along the Texas Gulf Coast early on September 13th. Ike went inland around 2 am CDT near Galveston, Texas as a Category 2 storm. Maximum sustained winds were around 110 mph. |
| In the picture: Ike tracked around high pressure ("H") in the southeast United States. A storm system aloft ("L") approaching from the west quickly swept the remnants of Ike from the Texas Gulf Coast through Arkansas and into the Ohio Valley. |
| The system tracked around high pressure over the southeast United States. This took Ike into northeast Texas, southeast Oklahoma and then into western Arkansas. A system aloft and associated cold front approaching from the west caused Ike to accelerate along this expected track. |
| As Ike neared Arkansas from the southwest during the afternoon and evening of the 13th, scattered thunderstorms popped up in rainbands swirling around the system. |
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| In the picture: The WSR-88D (Doppler Weather Radar) showed Ike ("L") approaching Arkansas from the southwest at 524 pm CDT on 09/13/2008. To the northeast of the system, isolated tornadoes were spawned in outer rainbands. |
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A few of these storms spawned weak short-lived tornadoes...mostly in central Arkansas. |
| In the picture: Probabilities (in %) of helicity (representing the potential for rotating winds) reaching at least 150 m2/s2 from 1 am CDT to 7 pm CDT on 09/13/2008. The graphics in the loop are courtesy of the Storm Prediction Center. |
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| There is more information concerning severe weather and wind on September 13th and 14th. To check out the rest of the story, click here. |
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