…NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM FINDS STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE…
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS HAVE SURVEYED STORM
DAMAGE IN MOHAVE VALLEY…ARIZONA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WENT THROUGH THE AREA ON
MONDAY AUGUST 25TH DEVELOPING AROUND 5:30 PM AND TRAVELED FROM NORTH NORTHWEST
TO SOUTH SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. AROUND 6:00 PM STRAIGHT LINE WINDS FROM THE
STORM STRUCK THE EAGLE AIRPARK CAUSING DAMAGE TO 40 OF THE 50 HANGARS. BASED ON
THE DAMAGE IT WAS DETERMINED WINDS SPEEDS TO BE BETWEEN 80 AND 100 MPH. ABOUT A
MILE EAST OF THE AIRPARK ALONG HIGHWAY 95 SEVERAL TELEPHONE POLES WERE SNAPPED AS
THE RESULT OF THE SAME THUNDERSTORM. PEOPLE IN THE AREA ALSO REPORTED GOLF BALL
(1 ¾ INCH) SIZE HAIL JUST BEFORE THE INTENSE WINDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
WAS IN AFFECT FOR THE AREA FROM 5:47 PM UNTIL 6:30 PM.
SIGN AND TOWER DAMAGE ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE AIRSTRIP.
HANGAR DOOR BLOWN IN FROM WIND. DOOR FACED WEST.
HANGAR DAMAGE
MORE HANGAR DAMAGE
THE HANGAR ROOFS WERE STRAPPED ON BUT NOT REINFORECD.
DEBREE FROM THE HANGARS IN THE FIELD ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE HANGARS.
SNAPPED TELEPHONE POLES ALONG US HIGHWAY 95.
THE TEAM ALSO SURVEYED THE FLOOD DAMAGE IN THE QUAIL RUN SUBDIVISION. SEVERAL ROAD STILL HAD WATER OVER THEM…AND SEVERAL HOMES STILL SHOWED EVIDENCE OF THE NEED TO SANDBAG. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WAS ISSUED AT 11:37 AM VALID FROM 1 PM UNTIL 9 PM. A FLASH FLOOD WARING WAS IN AFFECT FROM 5:28 PM THROUGH 7:30 PM.
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