>PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
>NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BARROW AK
>136 AM ADT TUE JUN 20 2000
>
>...THUNDERSHOWERS MOVED THROUGH BARROW ON THE ARCTIC COAST...
>
>THE FIRST THUNDERSTORM IN RECORDED HISTORY MOVED THROUGH BARROW
>TONIGHT AND DROPPED 0.16 INCHES OF RAIN IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
>
>IN THE PAST NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS AND LIGHTING HAVE BEEN REPORTED
>IN THE RECORDS BUT ALWAYS AT A DISTANCE. THERE WERE MANY CALLS
>RECEIVED AT THE LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE FROM PEOPLE WHO HAS JUST
>WITNESSED THEIR FIRST THUNDERSTORM AND LIGHTING DISPLAY..AND WHAT A
>DISPLAY IT WAS.
>
>ACCORDING TO THE CALLS RECEIVED..THIS COMMUNITY ON THE EXTREME NORTH
>COAST OF ALASKA HAD ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING EVENTS THAT THEY HAVE
>EVER SEEN..SINCE IT WAS THE FIRST FOR MOST OF THE RESIDENTS.
>
>THUNDERSTORMS AND LIGHTING ARE VERY RARE THIS FAR NORTH. THE
>QUESTION BEING ASKED..IS THIS GOING TO HAPPEN ALL SUMMER?..THAT IS
>A VERY GOOD QUESTION..SINCE WE HAVE ONLY HAD 5 DAYS THIS YEAR WITH
>TEMPERATURES ABOVE 39 DEGREES.
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Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org
Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org
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