Wild AZ Weather!!!
 

This is why I live in AZ...NOT!!!

Early afternoon rotation in the clouds...a harbinger of things to come!

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First video...Bill Eaton thinks it's a downburst (I have no clue, but it looked a lot like a wall cloud at certain times)

Click to play the video (and to listen to me be stupid)

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Next video...rather large hail going into the pool (and me warning Lynn to stay away with her car!)Click picture to play video

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And finally, the size of the hail that was all over the back yard! (Kinda like Oklahoma weather...LOL)

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HA! Classic video. Just another day of life in the midwest. We get these kinds of storms all the time out here though admittedly it has been quite awhile since I seen hail that size. That storm is actually quite docile looking compared to many of the ones we get out here. Temperature drops 10-20 degrees and the wind picks up considerably. They are often times refered to as horizontal tornados or squall lines. I normally crack open a beer and pull up a chair next to the picture window. I think Reid can relate (without the beer).

Bruce is a classic case of "Do as I say not as I do!"

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Xplantdad</div><div class="ubbcode-body">

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Are you sure Howie wasn't in the neighborhood? That looks like the black cloud that follows him around. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif[/img]

I gotta admit I'm like Rick. When bad storms roll through I usually hang out on the porch and watch them. Fascinating stuff!
Any damage Bruce?

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No damage...for us. Lots of damage around here though. I put my truck in the garage early in the morning....during round 1. We ended up having 8 storms roll through here...

And it isn't over yet! Confirmed touchdown of a tornado at a bit past 5am in a suburb of Flagstaff called Bellemont. (Trains derailed,etc)

Another exciting day in AZ....

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Watch out for yourself, ............. and &quot;Wear a Helmet!&quot; [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

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The severe storms are only about 8 miles away now...LOL They are &quot;backing up&quot; into the valley. Here we go again [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/frown.gif[/img]

By the way, there were two confirmed tornadoes near Flagstaff...and I40 is closed down now...semi trucks overturned, WOW!

I should wear a helmet...those large hailstones HURT!

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this storm plus the storm that was here for the auctions should be plenty to keep any more snow birds from moving to AZ ... our roads are crowded enough ... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

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AZ Wx keeps the weaklings away!!! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img]

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They just reported on the Flagstaff weather issues here on Chicago talk radio.

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: al8apex</div><div class="ubbcode-body">this storm plus the storm that was here for the auctions should be plenty to keep any more snow birds from moving to AZ ... our roads are crowded enough ... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img] </div></div>

LOL Jim!

Crazy days around here!

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Made for an easy nite at work for me, I just told the ops center to forget about calling me, I'm not going anywhere and went to bed. I'm not fooling around with that stuff, maybe back when I was flying with the USCG, but not now.

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We almost got caught in a hellacious hail storm, luckily I found a car wash canopy to park under until it blew over, Claire's car did not get damaged. But the claims are rolling in to us at work.

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Ngtflyr</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Made for an easy nite at work for me, I just told the ops center to forget about calling me, I'm not going anywhere and went to bed. I'm not fooling around with that stuff, maybe back when I was flying with the USCG, but not now. </div></div>

I thought about you Dave...

Planes were making all sorts of evasive maneuvers around the storm. I wouldn't have wanted to be flying yesterday [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/no.gif[/img]

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I was outside and started taking pictures of the weird clouds as I hadn't seen anything like them ...

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then I heard some weird popping / slapping noises the roofers working on the house behind us started swearing and I ran inside to get my camera to record it:

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Another

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_-C2...eature=related

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Sounds familiar Jim! LOL

Are we in for another round today? Storms are firing up in the Cave Creek area now

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Wild stuff! This would have been a good week to come visit you Bruce. We would have felt right at home. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

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Check out these two videos! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/cry.gif[/img]

This was the same thing that I videoed,but from the 101 and 75th Ave...about 2 miles SW of me...a different perspective


I guess it's a shelf cloud?

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This is a poor guy stuck on I17 yesterday at about 4:45pm during rush hour...insane in car video

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Jacquie..LOL

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DentMasters is gonna be H-A-P-P-Y!!! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/laugh.gif[/img]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Shevelle</div><div class="ubbcode-body">DentMasters is gonna be H-A-P-P-Y!!! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/laugh.gif[/img] </div></div>

We had a friend lose two cars in the Fry's parking lot off Cave Creek &amp; 101

their insurance company has been told by ALL the paintless dent people to STOP giving out their phone numbers ...

His son's car:

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even the side of the doors:

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His wife's car ... it is 45 days old ... broke the mirrors, taillights, etc:

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bent &amp; broke the molding

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