The USA Disaster Situation Report
The Daily USA Disaster Situation Report
For April 18, 2001
Christopher Effgen, Editor, host{at}disastercenter.com
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IN THIS ISSUE
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=> USA Daily Temperature Extremes
=> Special Notes
=> Current Active National Weather Service Warnings:
=> Severe Weather Probability Forecast
=> Precipitation Forecast, Excessive Rainfall, Heavy Snow And/Or Significant
Icing Forecast
=> USA Flood Report
=> USA Fire Report and Forecast
=> USA Earthquake Report
=> Yesterday's USA Severe Weather Reports
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=> Article National Weather Service Day 3-10 U.S. Valid Friday, April 20,
2001 -
Tuesday, May 01, 2001
=> Article FEMA Director Tours Flood-Threatened Midwest
=> Article Federal Funds Authorized To Help Fight Florida Wildfire Outbreak
=> Article Study Of "Earthquake-Proof" Steel-Frame High-Rises Concluded:
=> Article Mennonite Disaster Service Update
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For April 18, 2001
Christopher Effgen, Editor, host{at}disastercenter.com
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=> USA Daily Temperature Extremes
National Temperature Extremes
High Tue...100 At Gila Bend AZ
Low Wed...16 At Orr MN
=> Special Notes
=> Current Active National Weather Service Warnings:
Active Warnings are no longer being provided to see current warning please
go to:
U.S. National Weather Service's Active Warning's page
http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/graphicsversion/bigmain.html
=> Severe Weather Probability Forecast
The forecast probability of an event is by the stated percentage or greater
for the event, within 25 miles of any point for the area described.
Tornado Risk - Slight
There is less than a 2% probability of a tornado.
Hail Risk - Slight
There is less than a 5% probability of hail 3/4 inch or larger.
Wind Risk - Slight
There is less than a 5% probability of winds in excess of 50 knots.
Tomorrow's Risk -
There is a 5% probability of any severe weather tomorrow over southeast
Iowa, northeast missouri,
Illinois except the far southern and northern areas, and the west southwest
1/3 of Indiana.
Day Three's Risk -
There is less than a 5% probability of any severe weather on day 3 over
central through north central
California. Also over far north northeast Oklahoma, the eastern 1/2 of
Kansas, east southeast
Nebraska, south southeast Minnesota, Wisconsin except the northern area,
eastern Michigan,
northeast Indiana, Illinois except the southeast area, Missouri except the
south southeast area, and
Iowa.
The 15% probability area covers northeast Kansas, far southeast Nebraska,
Iowa except the
northwest 1/4, southern Wisconsin, the northwest 1/2 of Illinois, and the
northern 2/5 of Missouri.
=> Precipitation Forecast, Excessive Rainfall, Heavy Snow And/Or
Significant
Icing Forecast
Precipitation Forecast
The 24 hour precipitation forecast
Over 1 inch of precipitation is forecast over a small portion of north
central California.
The 24 - 48 hour precipitation forecast
Over 1 inch of precipitation is forecast over a small portion of west
central California.
Excessive Rainfall Forecast - Today
Rainfall is not expected to exceed flash flood values.
USA heavy snow and/or significant icing
>From noon to midnight today EST
The probability of snow fall exceeding 12 inches is low over a portion of
north central California.
The potential for 1/4 inch of icing or more is less than 20%
>From midnight to noon tomorrow EST
The potential for snow fall exceeding warning values is less than 20%
The potential for 1/4 inch of icing or more is less than 20%
Current USA Snow and Ice Cover
http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/surface/us_NESDISsnow.gif
=> USA Flood Report
NATIONAL HYDROLOGIC SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
09:15 AM EDT WED APR 18 2001
FLOOD SUMMARY
MAJOR FLOODING CONTINUES
FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FORM
LAKE CITY, MN DOWNSTREAM TO CHESTER IA, WITH MAJOR FLOODING
ANTICIPATED THROUGH KEOKUK DAM, IA.
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER HAS CRESTED DOWN TO LAS CROSSE, WISCONSIN,
BUT HIGH WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST, CREATING
ADDITIONAL STRESS ON THE SYSTEM OF DIKES
OTHER RIVERS IN MINNESOTA HAVE CRESTED AND ARE FALLING
MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING ALONG THE JAMES RIVER IN
THE DAKOTAS
THE RED RIVER OF THE NORTH IS FALLING FROM OSLO, MN AND SOUTH,
WITH SLOW RISES CONTINUING AT DRAYTON AND PEMBINA, ND, WITH
SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CONTINUING
FLASH FLOODING:
FLOOD/FLASH FLOOD AND/OR URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORIES
WERE ISSUED DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS FOR LOCATIONS INCLUDING:
TEXAS: BANDERA COUNTY
RIVER FLOODING:
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER: FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT ALONG THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM AITKEN, MN TO GRAFTON, IL. MAJOR FLOODING
IS OCCURRING ALONG PARTS OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI, WITH MAJOR
FLOODING EXPECTED DOWNSTREAM TO BURLINGTON, IOWA. MODERATE TO
MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING WITH MAJOR TO NEAR RECORD FLOODING
EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG THE RIVER DOWN TO CHESTER, ILLINOIS. THE
PROLONGED NATURE OF THE FLOODING EVEN AFTER THE RIVER HAS
CRESTED, WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL STRESS ON THE DIKES AND LEVEES,
PRODUCING ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING DAMAGES.
RIVERS AND STREAMS WITH LOCATIONS EITHER ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OR
EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE INCLUDE:
ARKANSAS: THE OUACHITA RIVER
CONNECTICUT: THE CONNECTICUT RIVER
ILLINOIS: THE ILLINOIS RIVER
IOWA: THE LITTLE SIOUX, BIG SIOUX, DES MOINES, EAST FORK DES
MOINES, WEST FORK DES MOINES, WAPSIPINICON, CEDAR, SHELL
ROCK AND IOWA RIVERS
LOUISIANA: THE PEARL AND OUACHITA RIVERS, BAYOU BODCAU, RED
CHUTE BAYOU, BAYOU DORCHEAT
MINNESOTA: THE RED RIVER OF THE NORTH, PRAIRIE, SNAKE,
FLOODWOOD, ST. LOUIS, TWO RIVER, BUFFALO, SOUTH BUFFALO,
MINNESOTA, ST. CROIX, SOUTH FORK CROW, CROW AND WEST FORK
DES MOINES RIVERS
MOST RIVERS EXCEPT THE MISSISSIPPI ARE FALLING,
REDUCING FLOODING DANGERS
MISSISSIPPI: THE PEARL RIVER
MISSOURI: THE SOUTH GRAND RIVER
NORTH CAROLINA: THE ROANOKE RIVER
NORTH DAKOTA: THE SOURIS, WILD RICE, SHEYENNE, RED RIVER OF
THE NORTH AND JAMES RIVERS
SOUTH DAKOTA: THE BIG SIOUX AND JAMES RIVERS
TEXAS: THE NECHES AND SULPHUR RIVERS; WHITE OAK CREEK
WISCONSIN: THE WOLF, FOX AND WISCONSIN RIVERS
=> USA Fire Report and Forecast
not current
=> USA Earthquake Report
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION CENTER
GOLDEN, COLORADO
LISTS OF U.S. EARTHQUAKES IN THE LAST 30 HOURS
Prepared by USGS/NEIC 2001 APR 18 at 00:15 UTC
EARTHQUAKES IN WEST CENTRAL UNITED STATES
(35.8 TO 40.3 N, 102.0 TO 125.0 W)
Date Time (UTC) Lat Long Depth Magnitude
2001 APR 16 21:05:52.00 39.8 N 122.9 W 1 km 3.0
40 miles SW of Red Bluff, California
EARTHQUAKES IN STATE OF ALASKA
Date Time (UTC) Lat Long Depth Magnitude
2001 APR 17 21:54:02.69 51.4 N 179.9 W 33 km 5.7
140 miles WSW of Adak, Alaska
=> Yesterday's USA Severe Weather Reports
Note: All data is considered preliminary
Tornado Reports
Time F-Scale Location County State Lat Lon Comments
2000 UNK MOREHEAD CITY CARTERET NC 3471 7669 TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
NEAR 20TH STREET. NO DAMAGE. REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT (MHX)
2015 UNK 5 W SEALEVEL CARTERET NC 3486 7648 TORNADO MOVED ACROSS
OPEN GROUNDS FARM. REPORTED BY SEALEVEL RESCUE SQUAD. (MHX)
Hail Reports
Time Size Location County State Lat Lon Comments
1950 75 NEWPORT CARTERET NC 3478 7684 OBSERVED AT NWS OFFICE. (MHX)
2004 75 5 N BEAUFORT CARTERET NC 3479 7664 DIME HAIL REPORTED BY
SPOUSE OF NWS EMPLOYEE. (MHX)
2015 175 SEALEVEL CARTERET NC 3486 7638 REPORTED BY RESCUE SQUAD.
(MHX)
Wind Reports
Time Speed Location County State Lat Lon Comments
2000 UNK MOREHEAD CITY CARTERET NC 3471 7669 TREE DOWN OFF ARENDELL
STREET. PUBLIC REPORT. (MHX)
2003 UNK ZIONVILLE WATAUGA NC 3625 8169 TREE ON HOUSE AND CAR.
CHAMPION STREET OFF OF 20TH STREET. REPORTED BY WC (MHX)
Fields marked UNK are unknown
All Times UTC
Wind Gusts in MPH
Hail Sizes in 1/100 of an Inch (75 = 0.75")
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=> National Weather Service Day 3-10 U.S. Valid Friday, April 20, 2001 -
Tuesday,
May 01, 2001
SYNOPSIS: A series of upper air storm systems is predicted to enter the
western U.S. between
Friday April 20 and Wednesday April 25, bringing significant weather to the
West, the
North-Central and the Central U.S during the Threats period.
Early in the period a trough is expected to enter the West, bringing cold
air and heavy precipitation
there. In the east, the past week's cold air should recede rapidly through
New England under a
building upper air ridge. Heavy rain is possible over snow-laden portions of
the north-central U.S.
during this period. A dryline is expected to favor formation of strong
thunderstorms from Texas
across Oklahoma and Kansas beginning Fri Apr 20.
The western trough is predicted to move eastward on Sunday and Monday, April
22-23,
accompanied by a strong surface system and strong upper air winds. On the
northern flank of this
storm, a second episode of heavy rain is expected for the north-central
U.S., while to the south,
strong thunderstorms are possible in the warm moist air of the storm's warm
sector (Sat Apr 21-Tue
Apr 24).
Generally warm, less stormy conditions are likely for the latter portion of
the period (Sat Apr 28-Tue
May 01).
THREATS
Abnormally heavy snowpack and snow water content pose a spring flood threat
in parts of the
Upper Mississippi Valley and northern Great Plains, and in New England.
Heavy rain and flooding are likely from the eastern Dakotas eastward to the
central Great Lakes,
Friday April 20-Tuesday April 24.
Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible from northern sections of Texas
northeastward to Iowa
and Illinois, Friday April 20-Sunday April 22.
Long-term drought continues over most of Florida, western sections of the
Carolinas and sections of
west-central Texas. Little relief is likely.
Portions of the Northwest with low mountain snowpack are likely to
experience some additional
relief during the next two weeks.
DETAILED SUMMARY
For Friday April 20 through Sunday April 22: A series of upper air
disturbances are expected to
enter the West, bringing abnormally cool temperatures and above-average
precipitation to much of
the region. Severe thunderstorms are possible from Texas to Iowa and
Illinois beginning Saturday
April 21, as a strong storm moves northeastward, toward a dryline extending
northeastward from
north-central Texas, accompanied by strong upper level winds and deep
low-level moisture. Heavy
precipitation is likely over the snow-laden north-central U.S.
For Monday April 23 through Tuesday May 01: The strong storm system in the
central U.S. is
expected to bring another period of heavy rain to the north-central U.S. and
strong to severe
thunderstorms from Texas to Iowa and Illinois. Later in the period the
pattern is predicted to relax to
a more zonal configuration with generally warmer temperatures over much of
the Nation. A brief
period of abnormally warm, humid weather is expected for the Southeast
during this time.
=> FEMA Director Tours Flood-Threatened Midwest
Washington, April 17, 2001 -- FEMA Director Joe M. Allbaugh traveled through
flood-threatened
parts of the midwest this week to visit communities for whom high waters
have become all too
familiar. His visit, though, was more of a fact-finding tour than a tour of
destruction - thanks to
federal money many once-threatened neighborhoods stood high and dry.
Allbaugh's tour included a visit to Devil's Lake, North Dakota, where rising
water is eating away at
nearby homes, and Grand Forks and East Grand Forks, North Dakota and
Minnesota communities
that straddle the Red River.
The Red River has overflowed its banks in 1997, swamping neighborhoods and
causing massive
destruction.
In Grand Forks, Allbaugh stood atop a dike built along Lincoln Drive and
took in the full impact of
the high waters, which had crested on Sunday and were now slowly falling.
Allbaugh also got to see
FEMA mitigation funds at work when he visited neighborhoods relocated out of
the flood zone.
"I'm surprised there isn't more damage," he said.
While along the Red River, the new FEMA Director praised community officials
for the lessons
learned from past floods, and congratulated them on jobs well done. He also
said his visit was an
important way to keep President Bush informed about the status of the
crisis.
Allbaugh was briefed repeatedly by public officials who wanted to share
their future mitigation plans
with him and the success of their past efforts.
While the Red River is slowly dropping, city officials remain wary as the
waters could still rise again
and threaten their communities.
=> Federal Funds Authorized To Help Fight Florida Wildfire Outbreak
Washington, April 17, 2001 -- Federal funds were made available today by the
Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) to help Florida fight the uncontrolled Orlando Fire
Complex burning
in the counties of Brevard, Orange and Osceola.
The state's request for federal fire suppression aid was approved this
afternoon immediately after
learning that the fire complex, consisting of six blazes, was endangering
400 homes and had forced
the evacuation of at least 200 residents in the community of Bay Lake
Estates. The fires, which
broke out yesterday, had burned 5,400 acres of land at the time of the
request.
FEMA firefighting assistance was previously authorized for the state in
February this year for the
Lakeland Fire Complex in the counties of Hillsborough, Pinellas and Polk;
the Caloosahatchee Fire
Complex in the counties of Collier, Hendry and Lee; and the Okeechobee Fire
Complex in the
counties of Glades, Highlands, Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee and St.
Lucie.
Under the authorizations, FEMA is paying 70 percent of the state's eligible
firefighting costs that are
above $1,520,356. The figure, called a floor cost, is derived through a
formula based on the state's
five-year annual average cost for fighting fires.
Federal fire suppression aid is provided through the President's Disaster
Relief Fund and made
available by FEMA to assist in fighting fires when they threaten to cause a
major disaster. Eligible
state firefighting costs covered by the aid can include expenses for field
camps; equipment use, repair
and replacement; tools, materials and supplies; and mobilization and
demobilization activities.
=> Study Of "Earthquake-Proof" Steel-Frame High-Rises Concluded:
FEMA Issues New Design, Construction Guidelines To Avoid Building Failures
In Major
Earthquakes
Washington, April 18, 2001 -- To address problems with steel-frame
skyscrapers and high-rise
buildings once thought to be "earthquake proof," the Federal Emergency
Management Agency
(FEMA) today released the findings and recommendations of a six-year, $12
million project initiated
in the aftermath of the Northridge earthquake.
The project was launched after damage inspectors discovered that cracking
had occurred
unexpectedly in the welded connections between horizontal beams and vertical
columns in modern
steel-frame buildings designed to bend but not crack under the stress of
earthquakes. A few of the
structures sustained significant damage in the earthquake, which has been
classified as a strong, but
not a major earthquake.
"Damage assessments after Northridge led FEMA to conclude that modern
steel-frame buildings
designed to sway without fracturing in earthquakes are not as safe as
previously thought and may be
susceptible to failure in major earthquakes," said FEMA Director Joe M.
Allbaugh. "As the new
director of FEMA and in light of my recent experience with the Seattle
earthquake, I am pleased to
present these guidelines that FEMA has developed to help protect the
American people from the
dangers of earthquakes."
The study found that the damage sustained by steel-frame buildings was the
result of a number of
factors, including construction defects such as welds that were not bonded
well with steel columns,
changes in material properties of weld metal and structural steel, and a
prescriptive design spelled
out in building codes whose connection configurations became problematic and
unreliable when used
with large beams and columns.
The findings and recommendations that came out of the study are outlined in
A Policy Guide to Steel
Moment-Frame Construction, released today by FEMA. It explains in layman's
terms how the study
was conducted and what is being recommended in connection with steel-frame
buildings and
earthquakes. Four other publications to come out of the study, FEMA 350 -
353: Program to
Reduce the Earthquake Hazards of Steel Moment-Frame Structures, are
technical manuals for the
building codes community and the design and construction industries. They
have not previously been
released to the public.
Thousands of welded steel moment-frame buildings have been built throughout
the United States and
the world in the last 30 years, and most high-rise structures built in the
U.S. since 1970 use this type
of construction. A welded steel moment-frame is an assembly of beams and
columns, rigidly joined
together to resist both vertical and lateral forces. The buildings are
designed to rely on these
connections between beams and columns to resist ground movements caused by
earthquakes. Until
Northridge, this type of construction was considered to an effective
seismic-resistant structural
system - widely accepted in seismic prone areas as a way of constructing
building that are resistant
to earthquakes.
At the time of the Northridge earthquake, there were about 2,000 welded
steel-frame buildings in
Los Angeles. The city required an inspection of nearly 200 buildings in
areas that experienced the
most intense ground shaking; about 30 of those buildings sustained
significant damage. Although no
steel-frame buildings collapsed in the Northridge earthquake, these
discoveries alarmed the structural
engineering community, building codes officials and emergency managers,
especially in earthquake
prone areas. The findings called into question all building codes developed
over the previous 20
years that addressed this type of construction.
The study was a coordinated, problem-focused program of research and
investigation. Its goals
were to develop and validate reliable and cost-effective seismic-resistant
designs and to develop
procedures for assessing the safety and potential losses to existing
steel-frame buildings in future
earthquakes. The project also focused on upgrading existing steel-frame
buildings in a practical and
cost effective manner, and constructing new steel-frame buildings in a more
reliable and economically
effective manner.
The research was conducted for FEMA by a joint venture group called "SAC"
consisting of the
Structural Engineers Association of California, the Applied Technology
Council and California
Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering. The project included
extensive research and
development work by the nation's leading experts in the fields of materials
and fractures, welding and
inspections, connection performance, system performance, and building
performance prediction and
evaluation.
With the completion of the project, FEMA has made available to the building
codes community and
the design and construction industries the following four technical
publications. Much, but not all, of
the information has been adopted into the latest design specifications
published by the American
Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), which serves as the consensus design
standard for steel
structures nationwide, and from there into the new International Building
Code.
FEMA 350: Recommended Seismic Design Criteria for New Steel Moment-Frame
Buildings. This
publication focuses on design and construction standards for new steel
structures. The
recommendations address the type of steel used, the way that columns and
beams are connected,
the way the steel is fabricated, the type of welding that is performed and
techniques that are used to
assure that the work is performed properly.
FEMA recommends that the recommendations outlined in this publication be
adopted in building
codes and that in the meantime, engineers and building owners voluntarily
use the guidelines when
developing new structures.
FEMA 351: Recommended Seismic Evaluation and Upgrade Criteria for Existing
Welded Steel
Moment-Frame Buildings. This publication deals with the risk of existing
steel moment-frame
buildings and provides engineering procedures for evaluating the probable
performance of buildings
in future earthquakes, including safety issues and the financial aspects of
building performance in
earthquakes. It provides information and design criteria for upgrading
connections in existing
steel-frame buildings.
FEMA recommends that steel-frame buildings be upgraded if the risk of losses
in future earthquakes
is unacceptable. The decision regarding upgrading should be based on an
evaluation of the level of
risk associated with a building's probable performance in future
earthquakes, and the acceptability of
the risk.
FEMA 352: Recommended Post-Earthquake Evaluation and Repair Criteria for
Welded Steel
Moment-Frame Buildings. This publication provides engineering procedures
that can be used by
building officials and engineers to evaluate the degree of damage to a
steel-frame building by an
earthquake. It provides recommendations as to when a building should be
considered unsafe for
occupancy.
FEMA recommends that after initial rapid damage assessments are performed,
that detailed
inspections by qualified engineers be conducted on all buildings that
experienced substantial ground
motion to determine if the structure sustained significant damage.
FEMA 353: Recommended Specifications and Quality Assurance Guidelines for
Steel
Moment-Frame Construction for Seismic Applications. This publication
provides specifications for
the construction of steel-frame buildings in areas of seismic activity. This
includes guidelines for
quality control and assurance, including making sure that construction meets
the applicable standards
and quality assurance measures such as the use of the appropriate, specified
materials; ensuring that
the work meets specified quality standards; and that the appropriate
building code requirements are
met. While many of the recommendations are a clarification of requirements
already contained in
building codes, there are some important new recommendations. These include
recommendations
concerning weld filler materials and welding procedures.
The publications are expected to be available for downloading from the FEMA
Web site at
www.fema.gov beginning the week of April 16, 2001. Copies may be obtained
free of charge by
calling 1-800-480-2520 and asking for FEMA publications 350 - 354.
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FLOODING OVER MIDWEST US
Midwest US
This NOAA-16 image shows flooding rivers in the Midwest. States lines that
border rivers
have been turned off to increase visibility of the rivers. Bloated by
melting snow and rain
across the Upper Midwest, the Mississippi River rose out of its banks and
strained against
dikes Tuesday in four states, stopping Amtrak trains and chasing hundreds of
people from
their homes. Contractors in Minnesota rushed to shore up a weakened earthen
dam on a
tributary of the Mississippi. Hundreds of people had left their homes in
low-lying riverside
areas of Wisconsin and Iowa, and volunteers and prison inmates sandbagged
homes along
the Mississippi at Hampton, Ill.
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Floods/US_Midwest/FLDusMW107_N6.jpg
TROPICAL CYCLONE 20S (ALISTAIR)
Indian Ocean
Tropical Cyclone 20S (Alistair) was located approximately 115 miles
north-northwest of
Darwin, Australia near 10.9S and 129.9E at 06:00 UTC. Alistair has been
moving
west-southwestward at 12 knots with maximum sustained winds estimated at 40
knots,
gusts to 45 knots.
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Tropical/IndOcean/TRCalistair107_GM.jpg
FIRES ACROSS FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND MISSISSIPPI
Florida Panhandle and Mississippi
Heat signatures (red) and smoke (light blue haze) are visible from fires
burning across the
Florida Panhandle and Mississippi.
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/US_Southeast/FSMHSusSE107_N4.jpg
FIRES IN FLORIDA
Florida
Heat signatures (red) and smoke (light blue haze) are visible from fires
burning in the Florida.
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/US_Florida/FSMHSusFL107_N4.jpg
DUST OVER NORTH AFRICA
Libya and Egypt
This movie shows airborne dust (indicated by the yellow arrows) propagating
off the Coast of
Libya and Egypt over the Mediterranean Sea. (Click anywhere on image to
start the loop. If
viewing in QuickTime, open the QuickTime Movie Player first, then open the
movie link.)
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Dust/Africa_E/DSTafr107_MT.avi
ASH CLOUD FROM ERUPTION OF MEXICO'S POPOCATEPETL VOLCANO
Mexico
This movie shows ash from an earlier eruption of Mexico's Popocatepetl
Volcano. (Click
anywhere on image to start the loop. If viewing in QuickTime, open the
QuickTime Movie
Player first, then open the movie link.)
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