The Black Vault

Tuesday nite the Mother of all storms raked towns to our immediate North East with 80 plus MPH winds and baseball sized hail...Late afternoon actually. One small 15,000 pop town is completely without power...many barns destroyed, many trees gone, roofs gone ETC.

They roll in from the North fueled by 100 plus degree heat.......I'm been a weather buff all my life. I've never seen anything like this in this region of the country. This is more suited to Kansas, Nebraska, and those areas.

We've had virtually no rain since April and desperately need some, but at what cost...








The lightning strike is within the storm that is about to hit these folks who've gathered to watch a parade. Soon many would need medical attn from the hail.

Cole

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...DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR GIBSON COUNTY INDIANA MACROBURST...

THE FOLLOWING IS THE PRELIMINARY DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FOR
THE OAKLAND CITY AREA IN GIBSON COUNTY.

* EVENT TYPE.........MACROBURST

* EVENT DATE.........TUESDAY JULY 31 2012

* EVENT TIME.........615 PM TO 630 PM CDT

* EVENT LOCATION.....OAKLAND CITY TO 3 MILES SOUTH OF BUCKSKIN

* PEAK WIND..........110 MPH

* AVG. PATH WIDTH....3.5 MILES

* PATH LENGTH........12 MILES

* INJURIES...........4 TREATED...3 DUE TO HAIL AND 1 DUE TO WIND

* FATALITIES.........0

Macroburst dropped from 40,000 ft tall Thunderhead... Amazing!!

* DAMAGE DETAIL......THOUSANDS OF TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. 78
HOMES/BUSINESSES WITH MAJOR DAMAGE...SUCH AS LOSS OF ROOF
DECKING OR PORCHES. 249 WITH MINOR DAMAGE SUCH AS LOSS OF
SHINGLES OR MINOR SIDING LOSS. DOZENS OF BARNS/SHEDS HEAVILY
DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. MAJOR HAIL DAMAGE TO MANY
HOMES...PRIMARILY IN OAKLAND CITY. ALL 4 INJURIES OCCURRED IN
OAKLAND CITY.

Stay aware and be prepared!!!!

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cm ... 2&source=0

Cole