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13. Yesterday, here in Arizona ...

Tue Jul 17, 2012, 07:38 PM

Jul 2012

there was a micro-burst less than 500 feet from me and my car didn't even get wet.

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This will be interesting...straight line wind event building over L. Michigan [View all] HereSince1628 Jul 2012 OP

are they calling it a derecho? LiberalEsto Jul 2012 #1

Not that I know of...just a big bow forming. HereSince1628 Jul 2012 #3

'Bow' in what? elleng Jul 2012 #6

The weather front... HereSince1628 Jul 2012 #7

I never heard of a derecho until your post. Looked it up virgogal Jul 2012 #4

Yep. Hurricane force winds traveling in a straight line LiberalEsto Jul 2012 #14

Apparently strong enough to make a couple of power outages. HereSince1628 Jul 2012 #9

The heat index was 100 here in up-state NY today orpupilofnature57 Jul 2012 #2

It's very hard on folks who aren't acclimated... HereSince1628 Jul 2012 #5

But don't worry about all this extreme weather ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2012 #10

Yesterday, here in Arizona ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2012 #13

We got our first rain in a month Neenah/Menasha Viking12 Jul 2012 #12

Nice rain over Madison this morning and 71 degrees. undeterred Jul 2012 #15

We're getting more rain in Appleton right now. Greybnk48 Jul 2012 #16