Satellite View of an Appalachian Squall Line

Gonski, Rodney F.

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Satellite View of an Appalachian Squall Line

1979
By Gonski, Rodney F.
Series: Eastern Region technical attachment (National Weather Service (U.S.)) 79-11

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Personal Author:

Gonski, Rodney F.
Corporate Authors:

United States. National Weather Service. Eastern Region
NOAA Program & Office:

NWS (National Weather Service) ; ER (Eastern Region)
Description:

On Friday afternoon, 11 May 1979, a line of thunderstorms, commonly referred to as an Appalachian squall line, formed along the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia and North Carolina. This line moved east into the Piedmont, causing hail, 40-mile an hour winds, and downpours. Intense lightning knocked out a communications center at Kannapolis, North Carolina. It alse produced a hazard for preweekend air traffic across North Carolina.
Keywords:

Satellite Meteorology Squall Lines Storm Winds Thunderstorms Satellite Meteorology Squall Lines Storm Winds
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Eastern Region technical attachment (National Weather Service (U.S.)) 79-11
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pdf
Document Type:

Technical Attachment
Place as Subject:

East (U.S.)
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https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
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CC0 Public Domain
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Submitted
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