Micro burst?maydog said:True story, Then I saw the sand in the lot lift straight up for a second followed by it blasting through the car. Both the driver and passenger windows were opened, the sandblasting was so intense I could not see or breathe. The worst sensation is that I could feel the car being slid sideways. Seconds later, it was over and drove off quickly, not looking back.
That could be a micro burst, too. The daughter and I were at a storer one day on the outskirts of Tucson, when all of a sudden conditions went from breezy to horizontal rain and flying shrubbery, small trees, and grocery carts. It lasted a good 5 minutes or so. The weather folks said it was a micro burst, but I don't think that made any of the people with smashed hoods or quarter panels feel any better.mpre53 said:I'm thinking more like a F1 tornado touched down. He mentioned ominous, circling clouds.
It's just like Confucius said: "Steep atmospheric pressure gradients are a *****."maydog said:The national weather service claimed it was straight line winds based on the radar. There was 1.5 to 2 miles of destruction - nothing else was touched. Some eyewitnesses claimed it was a tornado, but I saw nothing of the sort. I am not a meteorologist, but I believe it was part of the downdraft of an approaching storm system. I have encountered them several times, to a lesser degree, out on rides.
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