Monday, January 31, 2011

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31/01/1911 - Severe Storm Río Primero (Córdoba)

A strong storms last night at 23:20 near HOA, blowing roofs, fallen poles and flooded homes in the city of Rio First, a distance of 55 km east of the city of Cordoba, where there were five families evacuated but no injuries were reported. Rain fall totals in the city in an hour between 90 and 100 mm, and high winds exceeded 100 km / h. The city was without power for several hours and following the fall of poles and trees, there was no telephone service.

Figure 1: Radar image of Paraná (480 km range). Note the intensity of highly organized convective line. While the radar overestimates the echoes, they are still very inportant because they are reflectivities which are located approximately 8 km high denoting the severity of such storms .

Figure 2: magen I satellite GOES-13 IR in the 2:09 UTC which appreciates the convective system that was affecting the province of Cordoba.

Some pictures of the damage

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