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Georgia and hit as a category 3. walk us through how this went from essentially a tiny little low pressure system near the yucatan to what we are experiencing. >> sure. so this time of year, it is not uncommon at all to see these disturbances developing in the caribbean and they get drawn north towards the gulf of mexico where the water is very warm. and the question with this storm was never would it become a hurricane but how strong would it get, would it be able to tap into all of that warm w...

The pattern. and then ends up over in the caribbean. 75-miles-an-hour maximum sustained could peek -- pick up steam its not a tomorrow problem but its coming. scott williams is at fox 29 in philly. talking bat small storm in size. >> thats certainly right. good afternoon, shep. were talking about hurricane danny. its so small i had to circle it. well into the open waters of the atlantic, a thousand miles away from the windward eye islands would you need sever hundred of this to equal hurricane s...

Dry season, but heavy rains and a haboob. you know what happens just like in the southwestern u.s., you get thunderstorms that form and then the outflow boundaries or gust fronts that come out of it can pick up the sand as well. look at this in tehran. case in point there you see, thats not a storm cloud. that is sand getting kicked up by the thunderstorm development that we had. a little further to the north here with torrential downpours. upwards of 166 millimeters of rainfall. 80 kilometer pe...

Think is going to make out for the next few days. >> shallower water, the currents are stronger in these shallower bat waters and we know murky to say the at least. mud-like clay in this portion of the java sea. theres a debris field location 100 to 200 kill meters from the last point of the aircraft. satellite loop in motion here for you. tremendous thunderstorm development on this infrared satellite imagery that we see north of the java sea. we do have some moderate storms taking place and low...

This region is susceptible to thunderstorm development. its all because of the dynamics that occur across this region. the northeast monsoon encountering land mass and various other aspects creating the thunderstorm activity. remember, natalie, that turbulence can form from all kinds of factors, that being wind, thunderstorms, flying directly through a jet stream or flying very close to a mountainous region. and this area is indeed very, very mountainous. so weve had all those factors in place. ...

>> there were several elements i thought made this storm unique, perhaps not to you, but first time i heard a few of these that involved strong straight line winds, a lot of tornadic activity, very large hail, now massive flooding. >> yes. all of these hazards combined into one massive thunderstorm complex. what we saw in the beginning of the day was warm air aloft, tends to suppress thunderstorm development, it keeps the atmosphere essentially capped. once that cap breaks, theres a tremendous a...

But this is primed for more thunderstorm development as we continue on through the evening and the storm prediction center put both of theys in a yellow. the main street is damaging winds and hail. in the orange area right here where weve got that thunderstorm watch box in effect right now. thats where we have the slight risk for tornados, and the west chance of seeing tornadic development out of both of these areas, with the threat for severe storms tonight. harris. >> harris: thats a pretty wi...

Dry line is very close and we are expecting development here probably within the next two hours, rapid thunderstorm development across parts of central eastern oklahoma, kansas, down into texas, and they could be very dangerous storms with tornadoes and large hail. >> greg, a tornado, especially tonight and all the way through the deep south most of the wintertime they can happen at nighttime. im holding in my hand a noaa weather radio. tell people how important this is. >> this is where you get...

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