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Tulsa Microburst ...
http://www.kten.com/Global/story.asp?S=5000607
| Quote From Source: | The cleanup continues today in Tulsa after a hurricane-force storm hit the city early yesterday.
A microburst caused winds up to 85 miles per hour in a two-square-mile area of midtown Tulsa and left about 13-thousand Public Service Company of Oklahoma electric customers without power.
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http://www.tulsaworld.com/Ne...?ID=060607_Ne_A1_Might18263#
doesn't this look a bit extreme for 85 mph winds ??
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| Quote From Source: | The most serious damage occurred when winds up to 85 mph whipped through the area between 11th and 21st streets from Yale Avenue west to the Broken Arrow Expressway about 5:35 a.m.
Many people said they heard the storm but had no clue about its gravity until they looked out their windows.
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When I was young I had something come directly over my house. I don't know if it was a microburst or a weak tornado. I was down in Florida and sitting in our sun room watching the storm. I saw this thing coming from the east-southeast. Weird thing it looked like clouds blowing straight down. I don't mean slow movement. It was very rapid movement of the clouds. It came over our property and there was a very quick intense straight down wind where the palm branches blew straight down. Based on how far the bent I'd guess the winds were somewhere around 70mph.
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so - you think this amount of damage Could have been caused by 85mph winds coming down sharply?
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I'd guess 100 to 120mph.
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Sure. Once the winds spread horizontally, the force is no different than that produced by an F1 tornado or a mid-Cat 1 hurricane, which can down trees and cause minor roof damage:
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http://www.raes.org.uk/fl-si...ory/Microburst%20Diagram.jpg
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http://meteo.pr.erau.edu/atl...microburst_031701_gallup.jpg
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http://www.tornadochaser.net/images/microburst.jpg (Yes, I know this says "tornadochaser", but the image is specific to a microburst.)
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