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Catastrophe Report 10
July 25th - November 8th 2006 |
Severe storms, Tornadoes and torrential rains - United States
| Territory: |
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United States |
| Region: |
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Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri,
Michigan, Alabama, Tennessee. |
| Date: |
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22 – 24 September 2006 |
| Event: |
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Severe storms, Tornadoes and torrential rains |
| Impact: |
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In Crosstown (Perry County, Missouri), a direct
hit from an F4 tornado – with wind speeds in excess of
320 km h - left five people injured and 80 percent of homes
uninhabitable, while damage was also sustained in Caledonia
(Michigan). In total, an estimated 400 buildings were damaged
or destroyed. The worst flooding occurred in Kentucky, where
rainfall exceeded 35cm, causing flash floods that claimed at
least 12 lives, mainly in the Lexington and Elizabethtown areas.
Interstate highways were closed around Elizabethtown due to
flood waters, and also around Louisville, where more than 30
cm of rain fell. Economic and insured losses are not currently
available. |
| Summary: |
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A very intense area of low pressure (98.5 mb)
moved across the mid-west from 22 – 23 September, bringing
very strong winds and torrential rain. On the 22nd, severe thunder
storms developed rapidly across central Missouri and headed
eastwards to eastern Missouri and southern Illinois, while others
formed in the Chicago area of Michigan. More than 41 tornadoes
were reported, with the most destructive an F4 storm that struck
Perry County, Missouri. Further west, tornadic thunder storms
crossed south-central Missouri. Severe storms continued on the
23rd in Michigan and southern Illinois, and a small (F0) tornado
caused damage to the town of Caledonia in Michigan. Southern
Illinois, much of western and northern Kentucky, southern Ohio,
and Tennessee also received exceptional rainfall, with totals
in excess of 7 times the normal weekly precipitation in a two-day
period causing localised, serious, flooding. Several tornadoes
of F2 strength also occurred north of Birmingham, Alabama. |
| Data sources: |
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Midwest Climate Watch
http://mcc.sws.uiuc.edu/cliwatch/0609/060930.htm
NOAA National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crnews/display_story.php?wfo=pah&storyid=3793
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NASA Earth Observatory
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13901
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