Thursday, March 31, 2011

Memphis Tornado/Funnel Cloud 2/24/2011

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  1. ON 24 FEBRUARY AT 1905 HRS A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAME THROUGH THE MILLINGTON AREA THE RESIDENTIAL AREA OF EAST ACRES WAS HIT HIGH WINS HAIL HEAVY RAINS OCCURRED THESE WINDS WAS ACOMPINED WITH A SOUND OF A FRIGHT TRAIN IT WAS TIME TO TAKE SHELTER. NWS WAS NOTIFIED OF THE SITUATION COREY ADVISED ME GO SURVEY THE AREA WHEN IT IS SAFE AND CALL BACK AT 1935 HRS DAMAGE BEGAN WHEN I WALKED POWER WAS OUT AND WAS OUT FOR THE NEXT 30 HOURS TREE LIMBS WERE DOWN IN THE YARD AND STREET PULLED UP NAVY ROAD WHERE HEAVY DAMAGE WAS ENCOUNTERED AT THE NAVY BASE 10 UTILITY POLES WERE DOWN AS WELL AS POWER LINES AT ACROSS THE WALKWAY OVERPASS THAT CONNECTS BOTH SIDES OF THE BASE MILITARY POLICE OFFICALS HAD NAVY ROAD CLOSED AT WASP TO SINGLETON AVE POLICE WERE DIVERTING TRAFFIC THROUGH THE AIRPORT WHERE TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWN 2 HANGERS WERE DAMAGED RODE ON UP TO DOWNTOWN MILLINGTON TO WHERE A LARGE TREE WAS DOWN ON THE LIBRARY I STAGED AT CHURCH STREET AND NAVY WHER I RECEIVED SEVERAL REPORTS OF TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IT TOOK THIRTY MINUTES TO GET BACK HOME.

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