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Offline Bunty

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Live Coverage of Stillwater Downpour and Street Flooding
« on: August 16, 2018, 10:34:06 PM »
On Thurs. Aug. 16, StormTrackers for KWTV 9, Val and Amy Castor went to tour flood prone parts of Stillwater well before the downpour let up for a live Facebook video. One of the best parts starts shortly after 10:00 minutes. It looks like a hurricane.  2-3 in. came down in about an hour.  High winds of up to 60mph damaged some trees.


https://www.facebook.com/ValCastorNews9/videos/520451858376805/


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Re: Live Coverage of Stillwater Downpour and Street Flooding
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2018, 10:24:17 PM »
On Thurs. Aug. 16, StormTrackers for KWTV 9, Val and Amy Castor went to tour flood prone parts of Stillwater well before the downpour let up for a live Facebook video. One of the best parts starts shortly after 10:00 minutes. It looks like a hurricane.  2-3 in. came down in about an hour.  High winds of up to 60mph damaged some trees.


https://www.facebook.com/ValCastorNews9/videos/520451858376805/


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Re: Live Coverage of Stillwater Downpour and Street Flooding
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2018, 03:39:18 PM »
On Thurs. Aug. 16, StormTrackers for KWTV 9, Val and Amy Castor went to tour flood prone parts of Stillwater well before the downpour let up for a live Facebook video. One of the best parts starts shortly after 10:00 minutes. It looks like a hurricane.  2-3 in. came down in about an hour.  High winds of up to 60mph damaged some trees.


https://www.facebook.com/ValCastorNews9/videos/520451858376805/


An interesting article about the Stillwater storm.  Even though it rained 2 to 3 inches, water got into places not seen before from a storm, due to the unusually high intensity of the downpour, amounting to a rate as much as over 9 in. an hour.  At my station, I saw it go briefly to just over 11 in.

http://www.stwnewspress.com/after-the-storm/article_507da2cc-a308-11e8-b405-ff2fe22b1fe2.html


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Re: Live Coverage of Stillwater Downpour and Street Flooding
« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2018, 05:46:41 PM »
Great video. That looked like a kick a__ storm.
Any reflectivity or velocity images? I only have images back to yesterday.
Never mind. Found one on weather.us.
« Last Edit: August 18, 2018, 06:06:38 PM by ocala »
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