Tornado warning!! Mercer county and bucks!! Newtown guys watch out!

[ndubz]

Originally Posted by Rush

I'm sitting here in the meteorology center of my local NBC station (where I intern) -- just showed those pictures to the meteorologists here. Said that it's possible that no twisters actually dropped, that damage could've been caused by wet microbursts, which are essentially REALLY strong downdrafts that are generated by severe thunderstorms.

More info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microburst

Basis on that line of thought is that the trees aren't 'twisted' and deformed like they usually are when they've actually been in a tornado. The trees in the photos seem to have more 'straight line' wind damage.

Fun Killer

[Rush]

Originally Posted by ndubz

Fun Killer

Sorry!