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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
500 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011
..DAMAGE SURVEY INFORMATION FOR RALLS COUNTY FROM JUNE 9TH 2011
NWS PERSONNEL CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF THE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED OVER
NORTHERN RALLS COUNTY ON THE EVENING OF JUNE 9TH 2011. IT APPEARS
THAT STRAIGHT LINE...DOWNBURST...THUNDERSTORM WINDS CAUSED THE
DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED IN THE AREA.
THE DAMAGE BEGAN ABOUT 3 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF RENSSELAER...JUST
SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY HH AND TRABUE LANE...AND
EXTENDED EAST TO ABOUT 3/4 MILE EAST OF HIGHWAY 61. THE DAMAGE
SWATH WAS ABOUT 1 MILE WIDE.
EMBEDDED IN THIS SWATH OF DOWNBURST WIND DAMAGE WAS AN ISOLATED AREA
OF GREATER DAMAGE CAUSED BY A MICROBURST...ABOUT 1/3 MILE WEST OF
HIGHWAY 61. BASED ON THE DAMAGE...WIND SPEEDS IN THIS AREA MAY HAVE
REACHED 100 MPH.
PEOPLE IN THE AREA REPORTED THAT THE STORMS ARRIVAL WAS ANNOUNCED BY
GOLF-BALL SIZED HAIL....FOLLOWED BY A MIX OF RAIN AND SMALLER
HAIL...AND THEN THE DAMAGING WINDS.
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